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Learn
Training
Develop practical patent-figure knowledge and skills through structured Learning Portal courses and instructor-led IP DaVinci Live Training.
Standards
Visio Skills
Figure Methods
Other Methods
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IP DaVinci Patent Figure System™
Build practical patent-figure capability.
A practical system of training, purpose-built Microsoft Visio resources, and ongoing support that helps people create, review, revise, collaborate on, and manage utility patent figures more effectively.
The System
Training
Patent Figure Toolkit™
Support
What the System Is
More than software training. A practical system for patent-figure work.
Patent figures sit at the intersection of technical knowledge, patent preparation, drawing standards, and visual communication. Yet the people working with them are rarely given a complete environment for developing and applying practical figure capability.
The IP DaVinci Patent Figure System™ brings together Training, the Patent Figure Toolkit™, and Support so patent professionals, inventors, engineers, researchers, support teams, and other users can work with utility patent figures more confidently and consistently.
Microsoft Visio serves as the primary drawing environment. IP DaVinci teaches users how to work effectively in that environment, provides purpose-built resources for the work, and keeps additional help available when it is needed.
The distinction
Not simply
A generic Microsoft Visio course
A collection of templates and stencils
A traditional patent drawing service
A requirement to handle every drawing internally
Instead
A structured way to develop the right level of patent-figure capability for the people who need it.
Training develops the capability. The Patent Figure Toolkit™ helps users apply it in Microsoft Visio. Support remains available whenever additional guidance or professional assistance is needed.
The System
Training. Toolkit. Support.
Practical capability requires more than learning software. People need a way to develop the relevant knowledge and skills, resources that make the work easier to perform, and help when questions or more demanding projects arise.
IP DaVinci organizes those needs into three connected parts.
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Work
Patent Figure Toolkit™
Start with purpose-built Microsoft Visio templates, stencils, and productivity resources designed around recurring patent-figure work.
Templates
Stencils
Resources
Reuse
Explore the Toolkit
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Get Help
Support
Use Live Clinics, one-on-one assistance, and IP DaVinci Studio when a question, problem, or project requires additional help.
Live Clinics
1-on-1
Studio
Assistance
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How the System works
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Training
02
Toolkit
03
Support
Result
Patent-Figure Capability
Part 01 — Training
Develop practical patent-figure knowledge and skills.
Training is the capability-building part of IP DaVinci.
Users develop the knowledge and practical skills needed for utility patent figure work through structured Learning Portal courses and instructor-led Live Training. The goal is not to learn everything at once, but to build useful capability and continue developing it as new needs arise.
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Standards
Patent Figure Standards
Understand the standards, conventions, terminology, and quality considerations behind utility patent figures.
- Drawing sheet standards
- Figure identification and organization
- Reference numbers and lead lines
- Patent-figure conventions and review
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Visio
Visio Skills for Patent Figures
Learn the Microsoft Visio techniques that matter specifically for creating, reviewing, revising, and managing patent figures.
- Drawing and manipulating geometry
- Alignment, connectors, and text
- Pages, layers, and organization
- Images, reusable shapes, and editing
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Creation
Patent Figure Creation Methods
Apply patent standards and Visio skills to recurring types of utility patent figure work.
- Annotation
- Flowcharts and system diagrams
- Image tracing and GUI figures
- Graphs, charts, tables, and related methods
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Methods
Other Patent Figure Methods
Continue developing techniques that cut across individual figure types and recurring patent-figure situations.
- Revision and cleanup techniques
- Reuse and reusable resources
- Consistency and efficiency methods
- Collaboration and other practical workflows
Two ways to learn
Learn at your own pace and participate live.
The Learning Portal provides structured courses, lessons, demonstrations, reference materials, and practice resources. IP DaVinci Live Training adds instructor-led explanation, demonstration, interaction, and practical application.
Learning Portal
Self-paced training
IP DaVinci Live
Instructor-led training
Training
Continued development
The goal
Build the level of patent-figure knowledge and practical skill that makes sense for the work you want to perform.
Part 02 — Patent Figure Toolkit™
Start with resources built for patent-figure work.
Knowing how to work in Visio is only part of the equation. The working resources matter too.
The Patent Figure Toolkit™ provides purpose-built Microsoft Visio templates, stencils, and productivity resources so common patent-figure work does not have to begin from a blank page.
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Foundation
Templates
Begin with prepared Visio pages, settings, and drawing environments designed for patent-figure work instead of configuring common requirements repeatedly.
Start consistently
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Library
Stencils
Keep frequently used patent-figure shapes and drawing elements organized and available for direct reuse inside the Microsoft Visio workspace.
Find and reuse
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Productivity
Productivity Resources
Use prepared resources that support recurring figure tasks, consistent working methods, reuse, and more efficient patent-figure production.
Reduce repeated setup
The practical difference
Move from a blank page to a working patent-figure environment.
Without the Toolkit
Blank Visio workspace
Configure, locate, rebuild, and organize the pieces needed for the task.
Add the Toolkit
Purpose-built resources
Start with prepared templates, reusable shapes, and patent-specific resources.
Result
Focus on the figure
Spend more time on what the drawing needs to communicate and less time rebuilding the setup.
Built around editability
Create figures that remain useful after they are created.
The Toolkit supports an editable Visio-based workflow, making it easier to revise figures, reuse drawing elements, respond to changes, and continue working with the source drawing as the patent work evolves.
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Edit
02
Reuse
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Revise
04
Maintain
The goal
Give users a practical starting point for patent-figure work instead of asking them to build their working environment from scratch.
Your Working Environment
Microsoft Visio is where the figure work happens.
Microsoft Visio is the primary drawing environment used with IP DaVinci—not a separate part of the System.
Training teaches users how to work effectively in Visio for patent figures. The Patent Figure Toolkit™ adds purpose-built resources to that environment. Support is available whenever questions, problems, or more complex work arise.
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Create
Build editable figures.
Create utility patent figures using drawing geometry, connectors, text, images, pages, layers, and other Microsoft Visio capabilities.
Work
Directly in Visio
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Review
Inspect the working drawing.
Review editable figure elements directly, understand how they are constructed, and identify changes more clearly.
Work
With the source figure
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Revise
Make appropriate changes directly.
Update geometry, annotations, reference numbers, layouts, and other drawing elements while preserving an editable working file.
Work
Without rebuilding
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Collaborate
Keep figure communication more direct.
Use editable drawings to support review and iteration among attorneys, agents, inventors, engineers, researchers, support staff, and other participants.
Work
Around editable figures
How IP DaVinci fits
Learn in Training. Work in Visio. Use the Toolkit. Get Support.
IP DaVinci does not replace Microsoft Visio. It provides the patent-figure knowledge, prepared resources, and support that make Visio a more practical working environment for utility patent figure work.
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Learn
02
Work
03
Get Help
The goal
Turn Microsoft Visio into a practical working environment for the patent-figure tasks you need to perform.
Next
See how support fits
Part 03 — Support
Get help when you need it.
Building internal capability does not mean working alone or handling every patent-figure situation yourself.
IP DaVinci provides multiple levels of support so users can get practical help with questions, problems, and projects while continuing to build their own capability over time.
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Interactive
Bring questions to Live Clinics.
Use IP DaVinci Live Clinics when a drawing question, Visio problem, Toolkit issue, or practical figure situation would benefit from interactive help.
Live Clinics
Practical group support
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Focused
Get one-on-one assistance.
Use focused individual support when a question or working situation is better addressed directly than in a group training or clinic environment.
One-on-One Support
Focused assistance
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Professional
Use IP DaVinci Studio.
When the work requires specialized drafting expertise, additional production capacity, or professional patent drawing assistance, IP DaVinci Studio can handle the work.
IP DaVinci Studio
Professional assistance
Support without dependency
Get the level of help appropriate to the situation.
Some questions can be solved through training. Some are easier to work through live. Some projects are better handled with focused assistance or professional drafting.
The System gives users a path to keep moving without requiring every patent-figure need to be handled the same way.
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Learn
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Try
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Ask
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Get Help
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Continue
Different users. Different needs.
Not everyone needs the same level of capability or support.
Review
Understand figures well enough to review work and communicate changes more clearly.
Revise
Handle appropriate routine changes directly when that is the practical choice.
Create
Develop greater capability for producing appropriate figures from technical source material.
Get Assistance
Use support or professional drafting whenever the work goes beyond the capability you want to maintain yourself.
Internal capability does not mean doing everything internally
Use the right resource for the work.
Some figure work makes sense to review, revise, or create directly. Other work may call for an experienced patent drawing professional.
The objective is greater capability, control, and flexibility while keeping professional assistance available whenever it adds value.
The goal
Build useful capability without requiring users to solve every patent-figure problem by themselves.
How the System Works Together
Learn. Work. Get help when needed.
The three parts of IP DaVinci are designed to support the same practical objective: useful patent-figure capability.
Users can learn what they need, apply those skills in Microsoft Visio using prepared Toolkit resources, and use Support whenever additional guidance or professional assistance is appropriate.
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Learn
Develop the capability.
Build patent-figure knowledge, Visio skills, and practical figure methods through self-paced and live training.
Training02
Work
Apply it in Microsoft Visio.
Use prepared templates, stencils, and productivity resources while creating, reviewing, and revising figures.
Patent Figure Toolkit™03
Get Help
Use additional assistance when needed.
Bring questions to a Live Clinic, use one-on-one support, or move appropriate work to IP DaVinci Studio.
Support04
The Result
Ongoing patent-figure capability.
Users do not have to choose between doing everything themselves and sending everything elsewhere. They gain practical capability for appropriate work and retain access to help when the situation requires it.
Capability grows through use
Learn it. Use it. Return when you need more.
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Learn
02
Apply
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Ask
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Improve
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Continue
Training, Toolkit resources, and Support remain available as new patent-figure situations arise.
Organizational Implementation
Start where capability can make a practical difference.
Implementing IP DaVinci does not require rebuilding your entire patent workflow.
Organizations can begin with a focused group, establish useful patent-figure capability around real work, and expand the System as the appropriate roles and use cases become clear.
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Assess
Understand the current workflow.
Identify how patent figures are currently created, reviewed, revised, exchanged, and supported—and where greater practical capability could be useful.
Look for
Practical capability gaps
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Start
Begin with the right people and use cases.
Introduce the System where it can solve an identifiable problem rather than trying to change every figure process across the organization at once.
Approach
Focused initial adoption
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Enable
Provide Training, Toolkit, and Support.
Give selected users access to the learning, working resources, and support they need to begin developing and applying patent-figure capability.
Provide
Training + Toolkit + Support
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Expand
Grow capability where it proves useful.
Add people, teams, training areas, or additional use cases as the organization learns where patent-figure capability creates the most practical value.
Result
Capability that grows with use
A focused starting point
You do not need everyone involved on day one.
A practical implementation can begin with a small group of people who regularly encounter patent-figure work and have clear opportunities to use the capability.
Step 01
Select the initial users
Choose people whose roles give them practical opportunities to review, revise, create, or coordinate patent figures.
Step 02
Select useful situations
Focus on recurring figure tasks where improved capability can make work easier or communication clearer.
Step 03
Learn through real use
Apply the System to actual work and use those experiences to determine where capability should develop next.
One system. Different environments.
Implementation follows the way your organization works.
The core System remains consistent, but the people, training priorities, use cases, and support needs can differ depending on the organization.
Law Firms
Strengthen capability inside the patent practice.
Attorneys, patent agents, paralegals, and support professionals can develop different levels of capability around review, revision, creation, and collaboration.
Explore Law FirmsCorporate IP & R&D
Improve visual collaboration around inventions.
IP teams, inventors, engineers, and outside counsel can work more effectively around technical source material and editable patent figures.
Explore CorporationsUniversities
Support the path from research to patent preparation.
Technology-transfer teams, researchers, faculty, students, and inventors can develop capability appropriate to their role.
Explore UniversitiesAssociations
Extend practical capability to a professional community.
Associations can use IP DaVinci as an educational program, recurring member resource, or broader professional capability benefit.
Explore AssociationsExpand based on evidence
Let actual use determine what comes next.
An initial implementation creates an opportunity to see which people use the System, which figure tasks benefit most, and where additional capability would be valuable.
People
Add additional users
Teams
Extend across groups
Training
Develop deeper capability
Use Cases
Apply capability more broadly
Support remains available
Internal capability can work alongside professional drafting.
The System helps organizations develop practical patent-figure capability, but it does not require every drawing to stay internal.
Live Clinics and one-on-one support can help users keep moving, while more complex, specialized, or production- intensive work can be handled through IP DaVinci Studio or other professional drafting resources.
Explore IP DaVinci StudioImplementation Principle
Start with a real need. Build useful capability. Expand where it proves valuable.
The goal
Introduce patent-figure capability without creating another large implementation project.
Ways to Start
Start at the level that makes sense for you.
You do not need a large implementation to begin building patent-figure capability.
Start as an individual, introduce the System to a team or organization, or begin with a focused assessment and pilot to determine where the capability can create the most practical value.
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Individual
Individual Access
Build your own patent-figure capability.
For patent professionals, inventors, engineers, researchers, educators, and others who want direct access to IP DaVinci for their own patent-figure work.
A good fit when
- You are starting on your own.
- You regularly review, revise, or create patent figures.
- You want Training, Toolkit resources, and available Support.
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Organization
Organizational Capability
Build capability across the people who need it.
For law firms, corporations, universities, associations, and other organizations that want to give selected people a consistent system for working with patent figures.
A good fit when
- Multiple people encounter patent-figure work.
- You want shared Training, Toolkit resources, and Support.
- You want capability that can grow across the organization.
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Focused Start
Capability Assessment & Pilot
Explore the opportunity before expanding.
For organizations that want to understand their current patent-figure workflow, identify useful starting points, and test the System with a focused group or use case.
A good fit when
- You are unsure where internal capability should begin.
- You want to start with a limited group or workflow.
- You want evidence before broader implementation.
Not sure where to begin?
The starting point can stay simple.
Organizational Solutions
See how the System can fit your environment.
Partnerships & Special Programs
Looking for something beyond a standard implementation?
IP DaVinci can also support association programs, client-benefit programs, educational initiatives, strategic partnerships, and other arrangements where patent-figure capability is being extended to a broader professional community.
Discuss a PartnershipStarting Principle
Start with the people and patent-figure work where capability can be useful now. Expand from there.
IP DaVinci Patent Figure System™
Build practical patent-figure capability.
Give the people involved in patent work the training, tools, and support to create, review, revise, collaborate on, and manage patent figures more effectively in Microsoft Visio.
For Organizations
Build capability across your team.
Explore how IP DaVinci could fit your current patent-figure workflow and where it makes sense to begin.
For Individuals
Start building your own capability.
Get direct access to Training, Patent Figure Toolkit resources, and available Support for your own patent-figure work and professional development.
The idea is simple
Learn what you need. Work with purpose-built resources. Get help when you need it.