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Questions tagged [claims]
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What is a difference between System Claims and Method Claims?
In many countries, system claims are treated differently as compared to method claims. I wish to understand -
What is difference between system and method claims?
Generally speaking, in what situations either of them are not allowed?
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Amendment of objectionable or rejected claims?
As I understand it, claims can be:
rejected: the substance is unallowable under 35 U.S.C. 101, 102, 103 and/or 112.
objected: the form of the claim is improper 37 CFR 75 grouping requirement
Questions:
How many chances, and under what guise, does…
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Why is claim 2 required in this example?
In US 7,704,933 B2, claims 1 and 2 are
1. A compound of formula (II):
wherein the dotted line represents a single or double bond and one R2
is a hydrogen atom and the other is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
2. A compound according to claim…
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Is the phrase "none or more" acceptable in a USPTO patent claim?
The Examiner has objected to three of the claims in a patent application I have filed, due to the presence of the phrase "none or more" and requires it to be corrected to "one or more".
The claim is of the form "The method of claim 1, wherein A…
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Do I need to define 'IOT sensors' when using the term in claims?
Can one expect the patent examiner to know that an 'IOT sensor' is a sensor that communicates to a computer that is networked into a LAN or WWAN?
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What are the key questions that should be answered in Claims
Context: USPTO for an electronic device. Are Claims required to answer the question:
What can the device do?
How is it useful?
How is it novel?
As I understand it the description and drawings answer:
How do I build it?
What does it look like?
How…
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When the examiner's rejection is based on "one of" language, does this necessarily mean the statement can only be allowed by changing to plural?
The example is a statement such as
...a transmission function of at least one of:
a communications subsystem of the device, or program application
installed on the device, capable of connecting with a communications
service or data submission…
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How strict are patent claims?
If there were a patent US1111111, which read:
US1111111: A "thing" for doing something.
The invention claimed is:
A "thing".
A "thing" of claim 1, which uses a "thing 2".
Say my invention was also a "thing" that instead uses a "thing 3", would…
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Is a patent enforceable based on a claim that is dependent on an independent claim that is not enforceable?
I would like to ask about the status of a patent if an independent claim is found to have been anticipated by a previous patent but a claim that is dependent on it has not.
For example, what would be the position of a particular US patent if at…
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Combinations of independent options creating exponentially numerous claims
I'm writing a provisional patent which has many variations. Several of the properties that make up a number of dependant claims are independent of one another.
If I do one claim for every combination of options I want to patent, it seems that there…
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Best way to remove component in dependent claim
I read a guide that removing component from claim is not allowed, e.g. consider these claims:
1/ A table comprising:
A screen
A touch panel panel attached to the screen
2/ The table of claim 1, but don't have touch panel, the table also…
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Is dependent claim of another dependent claim a multiple dependent claim?
For example, claims:
1/ A table has 100 legs
2/ The table of claim 1, and having one golden leg
3/ The table of claim 2, and having one diamond leg
Is claim 3 a multiple dependent claim? Because IMO, it is based on two other claims, or is it just a…
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How can I claim a feature that was disclosed in the specification of an issued patent?
A patent application that I filed in July 2010 was issued as a patent in August 2013. There is a feature that was disclosed in the specification and not claimed in the issued patent.
How can I claim this feature now?
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How to word either A or B?
If I'm wording a claim for my cool device and I want to express that either option A (squarish flange type 1) or option B (roundish flange type 2) can be attached to my design, or any other type, how do I word that?
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using of generic placeholder "module" that invokes 35 U.S.C. 112(f)
I have a patent containing multiple placeholders such as "a vision processing module" and "a mapping module" which have been regarded as means-plus-function and invoked 35 U.S.C. 112(f).
In my embodiment, I did not write the detailed structures of…
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