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