Regulation 13. Claims. (PATENTS REGULATIONS 1986

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P.U.(A) 327/86
PATENTS REGULATIONS 1986

PART II - APPLICATION AND PROCEDURE FOR GRANT AND DURATION OF PATENT.

Regulation 13. Claims.

(1) The claims shall be clear and concise and fully supported by the description; and the number of the claims shall be reasonable taking into consideration the nature of the invention.

(2) If there are several claims they shall be numbered consecutively in arabic numerals.

(3) Claims shall not contain drawings and shall not, unless necessary, rely, in respect of the technical features of the invention, on references to the description or drawings.

(4) Where the application contains drawings, the technical features mentioned in the claims shall, wherever possible be followed by reference signs relating to such features and placed between parentheses, subject to the following:

(a) reference signs which do not particularly facilitate quicker understanding of a claim, should not be included;

(b) the same features, when denoted by reference signs, shall, throughout the application, be denoted by the same signs.

(5) The claims shall define the invention in terms of the technical features of the invention.

(6) Whenever appropriate, claims shall contain

(a) a statement indicating those technical features of the invention which are necessary for the definition of the claimed subjectmatter but which, in combination, are part of the prior art;

(b) a characterizing portion, preceded by the words "characterized in that", "characterized by", "wherein the improvement comprises", or any other words to the same effect stating concisely the technical features which, in combination with the features stated under paragraph (a) , it is desired to protect.