Industrial Property Regulations, 2002
(3) The features set out in the claim under
paragraph (2)(b) shall be preceded by the words
“characterized in that”, “characterized by”,
“wherein the improvement comprises” or any
other words to the same effect.
(4) A technical feature set out in a claim shall not
rely on a reference to the description or drawings
but a reference to a feature may be included in
parentheses if the intelligibility of the claim can
be increased by doing so.
(5) The reference to a feature included under
paragraph (4) shall be deemed to be included only
for convenience.
(6) A claim shall not include a drawing.
(7) If more than one claim is included in the
application, the claims shall be numbered
consecutively in Arabic numerals.
(8) An application may include two or more
independent claims if each independent claim
relates to a single product or a single process.
(9) An application may include a claim stating the
essential technical features of an invention with
one or more following claims setting out
particular embodiments of the invention.
(10) The following apply to claims described in
paragraph (9) —
(a)
the claims setting out particular
embodiments of the invention shall
include a reference to the claim stating the
essential technical features of the
invention;
(b)
the claims setting out particular
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