Claims

Patent claims are usually in the form of a series of specified elements and corresponding limitations, or more precisely noun phrases, following the description portion of the invention in a patent or patent application. The claims define, in technical terms, the extent of the protection conferred by a patent, or the protection sought in a patent application. Similar to the language in a deed for real property (i.e., land), the claims are to set out the "metes and bounds" of the intellectual property protected by the patent. They are of the utmost importance both during prosecution and litigation.

For instance, a claim could read:

"An apparatus for catching mice, comprising a base member for placement on a flat surface, a spring member..."
"A chemical for cleaning windows, comprising approximately 10â€“15% ammonia, ..."
"Method for computing future life expectancies, the method comprising gathering personal data including X, Y, Z, ..."

A patent is a right to preclude others from making, using, selling or offering for sale the subject matter defined by the claims. In order to exclude someone from using a patented invention in a court, the patent owner, or patentee, needs to demonstrate that what the other person is using falls within the scope of a claim of the patent. Therefore, it is more valuable to obtain claims that include the minimal set of limitations that differentiate an invention over what came before, i.e. the so-called prior art. On the other hand, the fewer the limitations in a claim, the more likely it is that the claim will cover or "read on" what came before and be rejected during examination or found to be invalid at a later time for lack of novelty.

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