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