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