In the case of University employees, patents are filed by patent attorneys retained or approved by the Technology Transfer Office. It may include examples or experimental results showing application of the technology.
Drawings are especially typical in patents of devices or machines.
After describing the invention, its background and its utility, the inventor claims what is new in the invention. The application must also be accompanied by the appropriate fees. Next, the patent is assigned within the Patent Office to a specific Patent Examiner who deals exclusively with the technical area encompassed in the invention. This is the Examiner's conclusion about the patentability of the invention. The applicant has the right to require the Patent Office to reconsider its conclusions, based on a response to the objections to patentability which were cited by the Examiner in the First Office Action.