Annota · drawings

CAD in. Patent-compliant drawings out — faster.

From the inventor’s CAD to figures you can file, plus chemical structures. You place and check the numerals. It does not file.

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Cloud on AWS or Google Cloud. Or Annota on a PC or laptop with Ollama or Lemonade.

Annota annotate view: a CAD part on a sheet with reference numerals 1, 2, and 3 and leader lines, a figure list by sheet, and the reference numeral list. — Click to place a numeral. The leader line draws itself.

CAD to filed figure

The views, the sheets, the structures.

Pick a step to see it.

Annota 3D reference: a line drawing and a shaded CAD view of the same part, each with azimuth and elevation sliders, and a Use this angle as a figure button. — Line drawing and shaded model, rotated independently.

Upload STEP, IGES, STL, or FreeCAD files. Multi-part files list every part. Rotate the line drawing and the shaded model side by side, then use the angle you want as a figure.

STEP · IGES · STL · FCStd
Line and shaded views
Any angle becomes a figure

USPTO drawing rules

Built to the rule, without the rule getting in the way.

Annota follows the drawing standards and leaves the judgment to you.

The margins are on the sheet.Top and left 2.5 cm, right 1.5 cm, bottom 1.0 cm, on US Letter or A4. You see them while you place the figure.

37 CFR 1.84(g)

Bare numerals and leader lines.Mechanical figures use numerals with leader lines, not inline labels. Labels stay a working aid beside the sheet.

2 · 3 · 1

The captions are yours.FIG. numbering is free text. The rule is there as a reference, never a block. You apply it.

FIG. 3

Where it runs

Cloud, or Annota on the desk.

Run Annota in the cloud on AWS or Google Cloud, or on a consumer PC or laptop with Ollama or Lemonade. Unlimited local use. The CAD can stay on the premises.

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The rest of the practice.

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You decide what leaves.

See if the cite actually supports the rejection.

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Open the MPEP section the answer used.