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Claim Drafting – Transitional Phrases

This post was first published on July 17, 2014.   A transitional phrase is a part of the claim that connects the preamble and the body. The Transitional phrase determines as to whether a claim is “Open” “Partially Open” or “Closed.” Open Claim An Open claim includes additional unrecited elements i.e., if a claim, which is Open, recites elements A, B, C and D, then an article which includes elements A, B, C, D and E…
August 7, 2019 Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 2763Views 0Like
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Patent Claim Drafting – Preamble

This post was first published on July 16, 2014.   It would have been very well drummed into a patent professional, Mr. X, who has just started drafting a patent specification that “claims form the heart of a patent application,” or the “name of the game is claim,” and so on. Very few might agree with me if Mr. X has been told to carefully consider the words and/or features and/or the language used in the preamble, as…
August 6, 2019 Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1763Views 0Like
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Patent: Basics of Specification Drafting – Presentation by Somashekar Ramakrishna

The presentation herein, on Basics of Specification Drafting, was delivered by Mr. Somashekar Ramakrishna at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, for Senior Officials of the Ministry of MSME, Government of India. Starting with specification contents, the presentation covers drafting guidelines, claim drafting basics and examples. For more information about the presentation or the event, you may contact the Sinapse team at [email protected].
March 4, 2015 Patents 0Comment 920Views 0Like
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