What does the patent document contain?
The patent document consists of a title page, where bibliographic data is provided and, if applicable, a summary of the subsequent pages, where we can find a description of the invention and drawings (if included). The drawings show the details of the invention (sometimes also any prior art), and together with the description are intended to facilitate the understanding of its essence, whereas the patent claims define the scope of patent protection.
After the patent is granted, it is entered into the (public) patent register kept by the patent office (in Poland, patents are announced by their publication in the Bulletin of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland).
