Abstract
(4) A claim submitted after the filing date of
the application and which is not identified with
the claims previously appearing in the
application may, at the discretion of the
applicant, be submitted either as a new claim
or as an amended claim, together with the
prescribed fee.
(5) The deletion of any claim previously
appearing in the application shall be made by
indicating the number of the previous claim
followed by the word "cancelled".
12. (1) The abstract attached to an
application for a patent shall be so drafted
that it can efficiently serve as a scanning tool
for searching in the particular art.
(2) The abstract shall consist of a summary of
the disclosure as contained in the description,
the claims, any drawings indicating the
technical field to which the invention pertains
and where applicable, the chemical formula
which, among all the formulae contained in the
application, best characterises the invention.
(3) The summary shall be so drafted as to
enable clear understanding of the technical
problem, the gist of the solution to that
problem through the invention and the
principal use or uses of the invention.
(4) The abstract shall be as concise as the
disclosure permits and shall not
(a) as far as practicable exceed one
hundred and fifty words (150);
(b) contain statements on the alleged
merits or value of the invention or on
its speculative application.
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