Convert product photos and sketches into clean, editable line drawings for utility patent and design-rights submissions.
PhotoCAD does the drafting — confidentially, in PhotoCAD Stealth — and you add reference numerals and callouts in Illustrator, AutoCAD, a PDF editor, or directly alongside your application copy in Word.
Turn prototypes into technical drawings. Edit the lines in your own software and mark the features that support your claims.
Design-rights filings work the same way. Photograph products, prototypes and patterns — PhotoCAD turns them into editable technical drawings. No clean background needed.
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Your counsel told you: only ever show the invention in confidence. Patent conversions run in PhotoCAD Stealth, our confidential processing tier — nothing trains on your images, they are destroyed on the schedule you set, and processing is machine-only, with no human in the loop.
Covers a typical filing. Credits never expire.
For ongoing filing work — multiple iterations included. Need more? Contact us.
120 conversions every month
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Many drawing services outsource production overseas — and almost none say where your files are stored, who opens them, or when they are deleted. Our answer is checkable: machines process your images under contractual no-training terms, no one views them in normal operation, and they are destroyed on a schedule you control.
| Patent drawing services |  PhotoCAD | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $150–$500+ per filing | From $59 per filing |
| Turnaround | 2–5 business days | ~1 minute per drawing |
| You send | CAD files or briefing calls | A photo |
| Confidentiality | An NDA signature | NDA + no-training terms + scheduled destruction |
| Output | PDF only | Editable DXF, SVG & PDF |
| Revisions | Revision cycles by email | Regenerate instantly |
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Photograph your invention from the angles your application requires. A plain backdrop helps; otherwise PhotoCAD's Remove Background mode isolates your subject from any setting.
PhotoCAD drafts clean orthographic line drawings — solid black lines, no shading, no fills — inside PhotoCAD Stealth, our confidential tier: no AI training, automatic deletion on your schedule, and nobody sees your invention.
Download the DXF, SVG, or PDF. Add reference numerals, leader lines and sheet borders in your design software — or alongside your application copy in Word — then submit.
Browse and download free sample drawings — every one generated by PhotoCAD.
Patent and design-rights drawings demand a specific aesthetic: solid black continuous lines on white, no shading, no fills, orthographic views from precise angles, and lettering that meets each office's standards. Drafting these by hand takes hours per view, and the result still depends on the draftsman's accuracy with line work and consistent stroke.
PhotoCAD interprets your product photograph and generates the precise orthographic line work patent and design-rights applications require. No studio setup needed — photograph your prototype in working conditions and turn on PhotoCAD's Remove Background mode to isolate your subject from any setting. Output meets the format expectations for USPTO, EPO, UKIPO, and WIPO submissions: solid black vector geometry, no shading, no fills, uniform stroke — with line weight adjustable in your design software before filing.
PhotoCAD handles the drafting; you handle the finishing touches. Open the SVG or PDF in Illustrator, AutoCAD, CorelDRAW or any PDF editor and add reference numerals, leader lines, callouts and sheet borders to your firm's template — or drop the figures straight into the Word manuscript alongside your application copy. The vector geometry itself is filing-ready; the annotations stay in whatever tool you already use.
Best for
Patent attorneys, in-house IP teams, product designers, and individual inventors filing utility patents, design rights, and registered designs across USPTO, EPO, UKIPO, and WIPO. Output is editable in Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD, CorelDRAW, any standard PDF editor — and even alongside your patent manuscript in Word.
Upload any photo and get a clean vector file in about a minute. Your first 3 conversions are free.
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