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Subject Final Decision for Disclosure Number CA820100095

Intellectual Property Law Invention Evaluation

Invention Title:

Design Review Based on Process Mapping

Disclosure #: CA820100095

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Attorney/Patent Professional Assigned: CN=Peter K

Wang/OU=Markham/O=IBM

Article doclink:

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Invention Evaluation

Thank you for submitting your invention disclosure identified

above. The creative thought it represents and your time and effort in

submitting this disclosure is much appreciated.

Technical management and the Intellectual Property Law (IP Law)

department have evaluated the technical, business and legal merits of

the invention described in your invention disclosure. This evaluation

has concluded that IBM’s freedom of action will best be protected by

publishing the novel features of your invention. Your invention

disclosure is therefore being rated “PUBLISH”.

Actions Required by Inventor(s)

•You need to prepare an article for publication of your invention using

a template in the Invention Publication Database accessible using the

article document link included above. This template has been pre-

filled with the “Main Idea” from your invention disclosure.

•As you write/revise the article describing your invention in the

Invention Publication Database, it can be saved at any time.

•Once you finish writing the article, send the article to IP Law using

For your

reference...

WPTS Databases

(Link) WPTS

Archive(archive for the

main ideas)

(Link) Invention

Submission

Archive

(archived 15

months after final

rating)

(Link)IP&L

Discussion DB(feedback goes

here)

(Link) IP&L

Document DB(procedures

guides)

(Link) Invention

Publication(to write article if

the invention is

rated Publish)

(Link) IP&L

Control

Information

(lookup tables for

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•Once you finish writing the article, send the article to IP Law using

the “Submit Article” button.

•Once IP Law approves the article you submit, the article will be sent

by IP Law to IP.com for publication.

Please submit your article to IP Law within 30 days of the date of this

e-mail. Failure to do so may result in your manager being notified

and may prevent you from receiving the publication point towards an

IBM Invention Achievement Award Program (IAAP) award.

Importance of Publications to IBM and Inventor Award

Publications are very important to IBM for defensive

purposes. Publications create prior art that blocks others from

obtaining patents that could be adversely asserted against IBM. A

published invention becomes prior art for patent offices worldwide to

reference with respect to later filed patent applications directed to the

same or similar (obvious) subject matter.

Inventors are eligible for IAAP awards once IP Law approves an article

submitted by the inventors to IP Law for publication of their

invention. One point is awarded for each publication toward a plateau

of 12 points which qualifies each inventor for a $1,200 plateau

award. As many as 9 points towards a plateau award may be from

publications, however, at least 3 of the 12 points for each plateau

must be from a patent application filing. An overview of the IAAP is

accessible using this link: IAAP

Publication of an invention in the website IP.com places the invention

in the public domain to prevent others from patenting the invention

or similar inventions. This preserves IBM's freedom of action to use

the invention.

The following instructions and guidelines are intended to help you

prepare a well-written article for the publication on the IP.com

database.

To maintain a consistent format and appearance, all articles should be

prepared in accordance with the following uniform specifications.

ABSTRACT

Please type a 1-2 line sentence summary of your invention.

1.Use an easy to read font, such as Arial or Times New

Roman. Use the 12 point font size.

2. The article should not exceed 5 pages, including drawings.

3. Enter a brief but complete description of the concept in a typical

embodiment.

4. Explain what makes your idea different from other ideas in the

field.

5. Begin the article by spelling out the novel contribution of the

TEXT ONLY

(lookup tables for

keywords and

selections)

Useful Links:

Valuable Patents

Learning Tool

SWG IDT

Processes and

Contacts

KnowledgeGate

(to check Personal

Inventor History

for total number of

points earned for

patents and

technical

disclosures)

IBM Invention

Achievement

Award Program

(IAAP) - Program

overview/criteria/e

mployee eligibility

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5.Begin the article by spelling out the novel contribution of the

invention. The first sentence, typically begins with "Disclosed is

a device (system, circuit, etc.) for....”

6.Use short, concise sentences, keeping the description clear and

simple.

7. Avoid using asterisks for notations.

8.Use the active voice rather than the passive voice.

9.Use an impersonal, present-tense style. Do not use personal

pronouns such as I, you, we and they.

10.Define acronyms at their first occurrence in the text. You do not

need to define especially common acronyms, such as AC, DC,

RF, etc.

11.Do not use terms familiar only to IBM personnel.

12.Capitalize proper names.

13. You may use the 'Copy and Paste' functions to copy the main

idea of your disclosure and paste the text into the publication

article. You cannot just create a link to the original

document. You may not embed JPG, PDF or other types of non-

text files.

14.Do not use names, phone numbers and addresses for which you

have not obtained permission.

15.Do not include information relative to IBM use, dates for

production, tests, implementation, etc. Care should be taken not

to include data in the article that could adversely affect the

development activity at another IBM location. Include only

those technical data that are necessary to disclose the

contribution. Thus, avoid actual machine-operating parameters,

specification, tolerances, etc. unless they are critical to the

disclosure.

1.When using a trademark, be sure to identify the trademark

owner. To identify the owner, mark the trademark with an

asterisk (only on its first occurrence in the document).

2. At the end of the article, before any listed references, add the

notation "* Trademark of …", indicating the proper name of the

owner of the trademark. If more than one trademark owner is

involved, multiple asterisks should be used.

TRADEMARKS

1.Use illustrations, flowcharts and equations, where helpful. Relate

the drawings to the description. Drawings should be a computer-

generated file which can be incorporated into the publication

template.

2. Computer-generated figures should not exceed five inches in

width. Figures should be labeled with numbers when more than

one figure is to be used (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2).

3. Include reference number in the body of your text (e.g., " Fig.

1", "Fig. 2").

4. If the draft contains only one figure, refer to it as the "Figure".

5.Do not use photos of live models without obtaining written

permission.

DRAWINGS

1.Do not refer to any IBM article, either published or to be

published, by Disclosure number (e.g., ABC820080123).

2. If other publications are to be listed in the text, identify them by

numbers enclosed in square brackets (e.g., “”, “”) and recite the

referenced works at the end of the article under the heading

REFERENCES

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referenced works at the end of the article under the heading

“References”.

3.References should be numbered in sequential order of

appearance in both the text and reference sections.

4. If only one reference is used, an asterisk should be enclosed in

brackets instead of a number (e.g., “”).

5. Provide all necessary information to permit the reader to readily

locate each referenced work. In the case of books, this would

usually include the author(s), title, publisher, location, year and

page. For articles, it generally includes the author(s), title

journal, volume, page, month, and year.

6. References must be publicly available documents.

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