Chapter IV · Claims Converted to Apparatus
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Patented Filed with the Commissioner of Useful Machines

The Diagram Prevails

1

Every claim receives a figure

Register Plate turns each assertion into a numbered drawing before counsel sees the draft.

2

Linework carries the argument

Weights, leaders, and callouts are checked against the specification in a single plate.

3

Revision marks stay archival

Sepia marginalia records who altered the invention, when, and under which claim number.

4

The final sheet reads as law

Exported plates preserve figure labels, scale notes, and filing language without modern gloss.