{"id":1006,"date":"2020-04-21T19:46:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2021-02-27T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T13:48:12","slug":"generating-flowchart-figures-from-method-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/generating-flowchart-figures-from-method-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Generating Flowchart Figures from Method Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/category\/step-by-step-tutorials\/\">Tutorials<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/category\/step-by-step-tutorials\/patent-drafting-tools\/\">Patent Drafting Tools<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Generating Flowchart Figures from Method Claims<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ClaimMaster <\/a>includes a number of helpful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/automation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">patent application drafting<\/a> tools. For example, it lets you to quickly generate draft flowcharts from method claims, either in Visio or PowerPoint format. \u00a0Individual method steps will be converted to flowchart boxes and numbered according to your selected numbering scheme. You also can control \u00a0the overall flowchart layout and style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-how-to wp-block-yoast-how-to-block\"><p class=\"schema-how-to-description\">To generate flowcharts, perform the following steps:<\/p> <ol class=\"schema-how-to-steps\"><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1587497077299\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Launch the Figure-Generating Tool<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">In ClaimMaster Ribbon, click on the\u00a0<em>Time-Saving Tools<\/em>\u00a0menu, then select\u00a0<strong><em>Create Flowchart Figures from Method Claims<\/em><\/strong>:<br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NewItem650.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NewItem650.png 331w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NewItem650-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1587497361736\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Adjust Output Settings<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Once this option is selected, ClaimMaster will bring up a dialog displaying the first identified method claim with individual limitations broken out into separate boxes. <br\/><br\/>Here you can specify the desired figure # and increments used for numbering sequential boxes (e.g., step of 5 will result in boxes labeled as 5, 10, 15 &#8230;).  In addition, you can make text edits in the preview window &#8211; the edited text will be used to fill out the actual flow chart. <br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/method-to-figures.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1587497414086\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Select Output Settings<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Once you are done editing the text of each flowchart section, you can configure the output settings at the bottom section of the dialog. Here you can specify whether to output the chart in Powerpoint or Visio format. In addition, you can specify whether to place step numbers inside or outside boxes, whether to include the &#8220;Start&#8221; bubble in the beginning of the flowchart, and also adjust the relative box width to page width ratio.<br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-21_15-38-11.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-21_15-38-11.png 464w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-21_15-38-11-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1587497434456\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Generate Flowchart<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Finally, click on the <strong>Generate Flowchart <\/strong>button to generate the flowchart in the desired format.  It will look like this, for example:<br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NewItem533.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NewItem533.png 560w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NewItem533-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NewItem533-160x104.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on this feature, please check out our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/help\/Generateflowchartsfrommethodclai.html\" target=\"_blank\">Online 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