 For a patent, the front page includes the title, inventor, abstract, a drawing that summarizes your invention. After you flip past the front page, you'll find figures of your invention, numbers next to the illustrations, explain how your invention functions, and what each part does, field of invention, background, and detailed description are the parts of the patent that specify your invention. Here you can find inventions of similar inventions that may be out on the market and how your idea differs from them. This section will also reference those significant numbers that describe each part of your invention in detail. Finally, the claims are the end of a patent and determine the scope of protection provided. The claims of a patent that tell competitors how close they can come to your idea without infringing your rights. As you can see, patents are a complex document, which is why I always recommend hiring a patent attorney to draft a patent application for you if you want the best protection possible.