(Imported from old site; original post: Friday, September 28, 2012)
Just a side note before I get into the meat and potatoes of the draft meeting: looking to the future, I will begin titling my posts in a way that I don’t have multiple posts with the same title (though, that will probably happen with a couple at this point because I didn’t think about it until now).
Anyway…
Today, the first meeting was completed concerning the first draft of the patent for Project SvN. I met with attorney David Lanzotti today for a one-on-one to discuss changes. He is the one that has been writing the patent, and I believe it may only be him writing the patent.
It was a very productive meeting, and I believe he was a little bit surprised that I read through his work as thoroughly as I did. It was the look of an artist peering from behind his painting, still on the easel, to see someone’s expression after laying their eyes upon the artist’s work for the first time. And let me tell you something, this man is an artist.
The way he used his language in this document was phenomenal. You could tell he greatly enjoys what he does for a living, especially considering he probably feels like most of the time his work will only be read by the patent agent in Washington D.C. when it is up for review/approval. Even though most things he does will only be read by that one person, the artfulness of the language, as well as the descriptions he used, were absolutely great. I wouldn’t be able to come anywhere close to his level of using text to paint the picture of my invention–and I invented the thing!
Occasionally, we would get into the intricacies of certain language, and his eyes would light up that somebody actually noticed what he did; the genius of his patent expertise being noticed. As far as I’m concerned so far in this process, this man, David Lanzotti, will ALWAYS write the patents for my inventions, barring some crazy external factor.
Suffice it to say that I am very pleased at this meeting, and I don’t have to hope that the next draft will be good, because I know that it will be great.