Patent It Now!

About the book

Artificial intelligence is changing the way inventors develop, research, and document their ideas. But simply asking an AI to "write my patent" can create serious problems. Large language models are designed to be helpful — and that can mean filling gaps, making assumptions, or adding technical details the inventor never provided.

This practical guide shows independent inventors how to take a more disciplined approach.

Written by R. Kevin Pegg, Ph.D., a USPTO Registered Patent Agent with nearly four decades of experience with patents and inventors, this book explains how tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and other large language models can assist during the early stages of the patent process. Rather than asking AI to invent solutions, readers learn how to use carefully structured prompts to examine, organize, and document the invention they actually created.

The book walks new inventors through the information needed to describe an invention, develop an invention disclosure, investigate prior art, think about patent claims, prepare drawings and supporting materials, and assemble information for a provisional patent application or for review by a patent attorney or agent.

Special attention is given to one of the greatest risks of AI-assisted patent drafting: hallucination and embellishment. Readers learn why an AI must distinguish between information supplied by the inventor, its own analysis, and assumptions that require confirmation.

Designed for first-time inventors, entrepreneurs, researchers, engineers, makers, and small startups, this book does not promise a push-button patent. Instead, it provides a practical framework for making AI a more useful and disciplined assistant.

The goal is simple: help inventors arrive at the patent process better organized, better informed, and better prepared to explain what they have actually invented.

Got an idea? Great! Now what?

Most inventors get stuck right here — entering a maze of attorney fees, confusing legal language, and no clear next step.

This book hands you the information you need to write prompts that fix that. Enter them into free, publicly available AI systems such as Claude or ChatGPT. Follow the sequence, and watch your idea turn into a real, filed provisional patent application — or a polished package ready for your attorney's desk.

• Define your invention clearly
• Search prior art like a pro
• Draft claims and technical descriptions
• Spot problems before they cost you
• File your provisional — or walk into an attorney's office fully prepared

Your idea is worth protecting. This book shows you how.

Table of contents

1. Introduction: Before You Spend a Dollar
2. Patents
3. Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets
4. Where Patents Came From
5. Type of Intellectual Property
6. The Patent Process
7. Bridge to Next Section: What You Need Before Drafting
8. Keeping Invention Notes
9. What to Expect From the Patent Process
10. Patent Figures
11. Before We Begin: A Few Words About AI
12. Introductory Prompt
13. AI Assisted Invention Description
14. Performing AI-Assisted Patent Searches
15. Search Rooms
16. Claiming
17. Drawings
18. Examples
19. Oath or Declaration?
20. Other Relevant Information for a Provisional Filing
21. The Beginning of the End: Assembling the Specification for Upload
22. Before We Go...
23. Appendix A — Assembly Checklist
24. Appendix B — Pro Se Filing Checklist
25. Appendix C — Inventor's AI Labs
26. Appendix D — Sample Application
27. Appendix E — Author's Bio
28. Appendix F — Key