37 CFR 41.110
Filing claim information.

This document contains one section of Chapter 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This page was last updated in November, 2005. You may return to the main 37 CFR Index, or to the index for one of the follow parts:

part 1 (patents);
part 2 (trademarks);
part 3 (assignments);
part 10 (representation); or
part 200+ (copyrights).

Previous Section (§41.109) | Next Section (§41.120)

§41.110 Filing claim information.

(a)

Clean copy of claims. Within 14 days of the initiation of the proceeding, each party must file a clean copy of its involved claims and, if a biotechnology material sequence is a limitation, a clean copy of the sequence.

(b)

Annotated copy of claims. Within 28 days of the initiation of the proceeding, each party must:

(1)

For each involved claim having a limitation that is illustrated in a drawing or biotechnology material sequence, file an annotated copy of the claim indicating in bold face between braces (§ ) where each limitation is shown in the drawing or sequence.

(2)

For each involved claim that contains a means-plus-function or step-plus-function limitation in the form permitted under 35 U.S.C. 112(6), file an annotated copy of the claim indicating in bold face between braces (§ ) the specific portions of the specification that describe the structure, material, or acts corresponding to each claimed function.

(c)

Any motion to add or amend a claim must include:

(1)

A clean copy of the claim,

(2)

A claim chart showing where the disclosure of the patent or application provides written description of the subject matter of the claim, and

(3)

Where applicable, a copy of the claims annotated according to paragraph (b) of this section.