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Claims of a patent describe boundaries of an invention that an applicant intends to protect though the patent. A claim includes three parts, namely a preamble, transitional phrase, and body. The claim begins with the preamble, which defines a statutory class of the claim. The transitional phrase links the preamble of the claim with the… Continue reading Claim Crafting – An Overview of Structure and Scope

Argument is a critical part of a response to an Office Action. The argument explains difference between a claimed feature of an Applicant’s disclosure and an invention of a reference cited in the Office Action. The argument for the claimed feature needs to effectively communicate why the cited reference does not describe the claimed feature.… Continue reading Understanding Fallacies in Argument