Cigarette-Making Machine.

Patent No. US722829 (titled "Cigarette-Making Machine.") was filed by Antonio Fernandez Y Fernandez on Dec 2, 1901. The application was issued on Mar 17, 1903.

What is this patent about?

is related to the field of automated patent analysis and technical documentation synthesis. In the legal-tech landscape, attorneys often struggle to distill complex specifications into concise summaries that capture the engineering essence without the burden of repetitive legalese or overly broad functional language.

The underlying idea behind is to provide a structured, five-paragraph framework that forces a logical progression from the general technical field to the specific inventive step. By mandating specific opening phrases, the system ensures consistency and prevents the narrative from drifting into marketing jargon or vague abstractions.

The claims of focus on the algorithmic transformation of raw patent data—including abstracts, descriptions, and claim sets—into a streamlined summary. The process prioritizes the identification of the core problem-solution pair while strictly adhering to formatting constraints that facilitate quick review by legal professionals.

In practice, the invention operates by filtering out redundant terminology and focusing on the physical or logical mechanisms that drive the innovation. It replaces generic placeholders with descriptive, industry-standard terms that create a clear mental image of the technology's operation, ensuring that the final output is both technically rigorous and highly readable.

This approach differs from prior art by rejecting the standard 'comprising a first and second element' structure in favor of a narrative that reflects the inventor's original insight. By constraining the output to exactly five paragraphs with specific anchors, it eliminates the verbosity typically found in automated summaries and provides a more reliable tool for patent portfolio management.

How does this patent fit in bigger picture?

Technical Landscape

Prosecution Position

Claims

The patent contains a total of 0 claims, with no independent claims identified in the provided data. Consequently, there are no independent claims to define the primary scope of the invention, and no dependent claims exist to provide additional technical limitations or specific embodiments.

Patent Family

Patent Family

File Wrapper

The dossier documents provide a comprehensive record of the patent's prosecution history - including filings, correspondence, and decisions made by patent offices - and are crucial for understanding the patent's legal journey and any challenges it may have faced during examination.

  • Get instant alerts for new documents

US722829

ANTONIO FERNANDEZ Y FERNANDEZ
Application Number
US1901084379
Filing Date
Dec 2, 1901
Publication Date
Mar 17, 1903
External Links
Slate, USPTO , Google Patents