How is your Legalese?

A patent application is a legal document and you cannot expect to "spend one evening filling it out," the better written the patent, the better the protection your patent will produce. Think of it as a contract for your invention, a contract that you or someone you hire will have to create, a contract where every single word has impact.

For example, when describing your invention you write "part A is nailed to part B", somebody else may be able to patent a very similar invention by claiming, "part A is glued to part B." It might be smarter to use the word attached or attached by a variety of fasteners.