%% Patent Publication Wrapper — main.tex %% SOURCE: docs/patent/ (canonical, legal-hold — do not move) %% NOTE: The patent LaTeX source lives at docs/patent/ and is under legal hold. %% This wrapper exists to include the patent in the formal publication set %% and to track companion material (cover letter, changes summary, jargon log). %% The canonical build is: cd docs/patent && pdflatex main.tex %% DO NOT draft independent or dependent claim language here. %% DO NOT edit claim sections without explicit instruction from Bob. %% All patent-adjacent sections are marked: %% PATENT — do not draft \input{../common/preamble} \title{Steady-State Machine — Patent Application\\[0.4em] \large Provisional and Non-Provisional Filings} \author{Robert A.\ James} \date{%% TODO(bob): set filing date / application number } \begin{document} \frontmatter \maketitle \tableofcontents \mainmatter \chapter*{About This Volume} The patent application documents are maintained under legal hold in \texttt{docs/patent/}. This wrapper provides a single entry point for the formal publication set. The canonical builds are: \begin{lstlisting}[language=bash] cd docs/patent pdflatex main.tex # non-provisional pdflatex ssm_RAJ_v1_patent_application.tex # v1 application pdflatex ssm_provisional_patent.tex # provisional \end{lstlisting} Produced PDFs: \begin{itemize} \item \texttt{docs/patent/main.pdf} — primary non-provisional application \item \texttt{docs/patent/ssm\_RAJ\_v1\_patent\_application.pdf} — v1 application \item \texttt{docs/patent/ssm\_provisional\_patent.pdf} — provisional filing \end{itemize} \chapter{USPTO Cover Letter} %% SOURCE: docs/patent/USPTO_COVER_LETTER.md %% TODO(bob): promote the cover letter narrative (non-claim portions only). %% %% PATENT — do not draft claim language \chapter{Changes Summary} %% SOURCE: docs/patent/CHANGES_SUMMARY.md %% TODO(bob): promote the changes summary between provisional and non-provisional. %% %% PATENT — do not draft claim language \chapter{Jargon Alignment Log} %% SOURCE: docs/patent/JARGON_CHANGES.md %% TODO(bob): promote the jargon alignment table — maps working-doc terms to %% claim-precise terms. Useful for consistency across publications. %%──────────────────────────────────────────────── %% Appendices %%──────────────────────────────────────────────── \appendix \chapter{Filing Materials Inventory} %% TODO(bob): table of all filing materials: main.tex, sections/, figures/, %% tables/, bibliography/, macros/, USPTO forms (sb0015a.pdf, sb0016.pdf). \backmatter \bibliographystyle{plainnat} \bibliography{../common/starship} \end{document}