Getting the most value from patent claims

Preparing patents is both a science and an art, as Edmund J. Walsh and Heather J. DiPietrantonio of Wolf Greenfield & Sacks explain in this article. The authors point out that the science is often easy to recognize, if not always easy to understand. Moreover, they explain, the art of properly expressing that science in the words of a patent claim is harder to evaluate and is more often overlooked, yet is crucial to the value of the patent. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]