{"id":4334,"date":"2023-10-06T21:27:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T21:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2023-10-06T21:28:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T21:28:45","slug":"patent-figure-description-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/patent-figure-description-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Inserting Patent Figure Description Blocks"},"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 class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Inserting Patent Figure Description Blocks<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/\">ClaimMaster<\/a>\u00a0includes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/patent-application-drafting.html\">patent application drafting<\/a>\u00a0tools (<strong>+Drafting version<\/strong>) that let you generate textual figure description blocks with adjusted part numbers from a preconfigured set of templates. This feature is particularly helpful if you need to generate figure description sections for the Specification without generating corresponding figures and allows you to build up your figure descriptions from multiple sub-sections. All part numbers in the generated text blocks (including rich text annotations, variables, and other fields) will be adjusted according to the specified figure number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-how-to wp-block-yoast-how-to-block\"><p class=\"schema-how-to-description\">To generate figures and their descriptions, follow these steps:<br><\/p> <ol class=\"schema-how-to-steps\"><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1650220310711\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\"><strong>Open figure descriptions block menu<\/strong><\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">From the ClaimMaster tab, click on the\u00a0<strong>Patent Drafting Tools<\/strong>\u00a0menu<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>then click on <strong>Generate<\/strong> <strong>Description Blocks:<\/strong><br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/figure_descriptions_menu.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"figure descriptions menu\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/figure_descriptions_menu.png 383w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/figure_descriptions_menu-168x300.png 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1650227165138\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Select a figure description block to insert<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\"><br\/>In the window that comes up, you&#8217;ll be able to select a figure description block for generation from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/help\/Descriptionblocktemplates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the list of available templates<\/a>.  Use the filter field to limit the list shown in the table below to only to those templates that at least partially match the filter. \u00a0In addition, specify the figure # for the block.  When you change this number, part numbers will be adjusted to match the specified figure # in the text preview window.  Click here to learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/help\/Descriptionblocktemplates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">set up figure description blocks templates<\/a> inside ClaimMaster.<br\/><br\/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/figure_descriptions-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"figure description text blocks\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/figure_descriptions-1.png 447w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/figure_descriptions-1-173x300.png 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1650227166919\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Insert figure descriptions into the document<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Once you are satisfied with the preview of the selected figures and their description blocks, proceed to insert figure descriptions into the document. You&#8217;ll do this by clicking the <strong>Insert block into document<\/strong> button. <br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"434\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/figure_descriptions_insert.png\" class=\"attachment-450x60.138248847926 size-450x60.138248847926\" alt=\"figure_descriptions_insert\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/figure_descriptions_insert.png 434w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/figure_descriptions_insert-300x40.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><br\/> <br\/><br\/>Please note that the generate textual descriptions can also include various annotations, rich text, graphics, and variables\/dropdowns. For more information on how to configure such templates, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/help\/Addingformattedtextvariables.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>.<br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/generating_figures_Picture6.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/generating_figures_Picture6.png 525w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/generating_figures_Picture6-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on this feature, check out the <a 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