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(1) The description shall first state the title of the invention as appearing in the request and shall

(a) specify the technical field to which the invention relates;

(b) indicate the background art which, as far as is known to the applicant, can be regarded as useful for the understanding, searching and examination of the invention, and, wherever possible, cite the documents reflecting such art;

(c) disclose the invention in such terms that it can be understood and in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for the invention to be evaluated and to be carried out by a person having ordinary skill in the art, and state any advantageous effects of the invention with reference to the background art;

(d) briefly describe figures in the drawings, if any;

(e) describe the best mode contemplated by the applicant for carrying out the invention, using examples where appropriate and referring to the drawings, if any; and

(f) indicate explicitly, when it is not obvious from the description or nature of the invention, the way in which the invention is industrially applicable and the way in which it can be made and used or, if it can only be used, the way in which it can be used.