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Claims
The claims are the part of the patent which define the scope of the legal protection sought for the invention. The description
and drawings
are used to interpret the claims.
Most independent claims consist of two parts: the prior art portion and the characterising portion.
A process claim is a claim relating to a new process.
A product claim is a claim relating to a specific new product.
A product-by-process claim is a claim relating to a specific new product which is defined in terms of the way the product is produced.
Independent claims contain the main features of the invention. Any independent claim can be followed by one or more dependent claims relating to particular aspects of the invention.
Since all claims are downloaded to the browser, it is possible to use your browser's own text search functionality as well as its download and print functionalities. You may also "copy & paste" parts or all of the "Claims" tab into a Word or Excel document using the functionalities of your mouse.
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