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| Approve Filing | Patent Strategy | Abandon | Algorithm | Commercial Value |
| USPTO | Reasonable Scope | Commercial Value | Inventor | Narrow Claims |
| Patent Law | Provisional Patent Application | Element | Patent Strategy | Office Actions |
| Build Defense | Approve Filing | PATENT BINGO (free square) | Doctrine of Equivalents | System Claim |
| Patent Search | Prior Art | Algorithm | Non-Provisional Patent | Detail and Defense |
| Invention | Abandon | Claim | Outside Council | File the Patent |