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(1) Any claim which includes all the features of one or more other claims ("dependent claim") shall contain, if possible at the beginning, a reference to the other claim or claims and shall then state the additional features claimed.

(2) (Deleted)

(3) A dependent claim shall be construed as including all the limitations contained in the claims to which it refers or, if the dependent claim is a multiple dependent claim, all the limitations contained in the particular claim in relation to which it is considered.

(4) All dependent claims referring back to a single previous claim, and all dependent claims referring back to several previous claims, shall be grouped together to the extent and in the most practical way possible.