written description
Words painting pictures
A written description is text that conveys what something looks like, how it works, or what it contains.
In patent law, the term has specific meaning: applicants must provide a written description sufficient to show they possessed the claimed invention.
More generally, any explanatory text qualifies: The listing included a written description of the property's features.
- textWritten or printed words
- narrativeAccount of events
- proseUnversified language
- accountRecord of dealings
- rough draftUnpolished first attempt
draft · legal document · document · paragraph · sentence · words · put into words · detail · depiction · portrayal · character sketch · specification · fine print · brief summary · summary · outline · caption · passage
- patent claimspreamble, body, comprising, consisting of, limitations
- patentspatent, patents, patent application, patent office, patent applications
written descriptionvisual representation
Pictorial display of information
photograph · video · film footage · image · picture
written descriptiondirect observation
Watching something personally occur
direct experience · physical presence · live viewing · the real thing · lived experience
written, write, writes, writing, writer, writers, rewrite, rewrites, rewriting