Examples - Contract or Grant Award(s)

Examples from some famous patents and some not-so-famous but instructive patents illustrate appropriate content for invention disclosures. Click on one or more patents that disclose inventions that are most similar to the invention you are disclosing. Note that many of these patents use formats that differ from the currently-suggested format.

• Mechanical
  • Product
    • DISTRIBUTED, UNATTENDED WASTEWASTE MONITORING SYSTEM Patent No. 5,608,171
    • IN SITU PIPELINE REHABILITATION SYSTEM Patent No. 5,601,763
    • ELECTRONICALLY-CONTROLLED, ADAPTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM Patent No. 5,115,698
    • TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEARTS AND CARDIAC ASSIST DEVICES POWERED AND CONTROLLED BY REVERSIBLE ELECTROHYDRAULIC ENERGY CONVERTERS Patent No. 4,173,796 - The first artifical heart patent.
  • Process
    • DISTRIBUTED, UNATTENDED WASTEWATER MONITORING SYSTEM Patent No. 5,608,171
    • IN SITU PIPELINE REHABILITATION SYSTEM Patent No. 5,601,763
    • TECHNIQUE FOR RENDERING PACKAGING CHILD RESISTANT Patent No. 5,317,796

• Electrical
  • Product
    • CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD Patent No. 4,405,829
  • Process
    • CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD Patent No. 4,405,829

• Software
  • Product
  • Process

• Chemical
  • Product
  • Process

• Biotechnology
  • Product
    • BIOCATALYZED LEACHING OF PRECIOUS METAL VALUES Patent No. 5,449,397
    • DNA SEQUENCE ENCODING BOVINE AND HUMAN ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE RECEPTORS Patent No. 5,280,112
    • ANAEROBIC THERMOPHILIC CULTURE SYSTEM Patent No. 4,292,406
  • Process
    • ANAEROBIC THERMOPHILIC CULTURE SYSTEM Patent No. 4,292,406