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