When preparing to file a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), you or your patent attorney have to perform invention analysis. Invention analysis means you must determining what the actual invention is and the "novelty nugget" that will form a
novel claim limitation in your broadest patent claim. As you add limitations to your claim, the claim becomes narrower which may make the claim more "patentable." However, the narrower the claim, the easier it is to design around to avoid infringement.

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0:00 Introduction
0:24 Your invention is defined by the claims in your patent
0:56 You or your patent attorney have to perform "invention analysis"
1:28 You invention may be made up of various aspects
1:58 Some aspects of your invention may be in the prior art
2:04 Invention analysis defined identifying the novel aspects
2:40 The novelty nugget
4:50 The presence of a novel limitation renders the claim patentable
5:00 Why "patentability" can be meaningless
5:15 Definition of a broad claim
7:11 Adding limitations to draft a patentable claim

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