“Accurate and clear patent drawings strengthen and enhance patent applications, helping patent examiners who are already overburdened with applications to understand inventions faster.” Russian writer ...

If you are going to file a patent application you must have drawings to include in the application, but patent drawings are not the only type of “drawings” that an inventor should be considering.

A flying machine from the 1860s drawn with shading, colors and detail not seen in today's patent illustrations. Photo: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office The illustration that accompanies a patent ...