How to read American patents

Beijing May 1st International Intellectual Property Solution, taking the American "invention patent" as an example, the patent content is often divided into four parts: (1) cover: including the basic data of the patent (such as patent number, patent application date, inventor's name, etc. ) and the abstract of the invention; (2) Illustrations: including illustrations depicting inventions; (3) Contents of the manual: including written description; And (4) the scope of the patent application: including the protection scope of the patent defined by the claim (or claim).