dependent claimの例文

• Most US patents have between 10-20 separate claims, most of which are dependent claims.
• Multiple dependent claims are, however, very commonly used in other jurisdictions, including Canada and Europe.
• Under U . S . law, this is still counted as a dependent claim, regardless of the class change.
• Thus, if the claim depends from three former claims, it is counted for fee purposes as three dependent claims.
• The rules of claim drafting also permit " multiple dependent claims " that reference more than one other claim, e . g . : " 3.
• The dependent claim, unlike the independent claim, involved signal data representing tangible physical objects, which were electronically manipulated to provide a screen image of the physical objects.
• If the independent claim is determined to be invalid, however, a dependent claim may nevertheless survive, and may still be broad enough to bar competitors from valuable commercial territory.
• In a review of the Browning patent dated 22 Feb . 1927, it is equally unclear as to the staggered magazine being either a primary or a dependent claim of the patent as issued.
• Although this results in coverage more narrow than provided by the independent claim upon which the second claim depends, it is additional coverage, and there are many advantages to the patent applicant in submitting and obtaining a full suite of dependent claims:
• As of November 1, 2007, examination support documents will be required for each patent application that has more than 5 independent claims or more than 25 dependent claims that has not had a first office action on the merits of its claims.
• The claims may contain one or more hierarchical sets of claims, each having one or more main, independent claim setting out the broadest protection, and a number of dependent claims which narrow that protection by defining more specific features of the invention.
• Under the European Patent Convention, when a claim in one particular category ( see below ), e . g . a process claim, depends on a claim from a different category, e . g . a product claim, it is not considered to be a dependent claim but an independent claim.
• An independent ( " stand alone " ) claim does not refer to an earlier claim, whereas a dependent claim does refer to an earlier claim, assumes all of the limitations of that claim and then adds restrictions ( e . g . " The handle of claim 2 where it is hinged . " ) Each dependent claim is, by law, more narrow than the independent claim upon which it depends.
• An independent ( " stand alone " ) claim does not refer to an earlier claim, whereas a dependent claim does refer to an earlier claim, assumes all of the limitations of that claim and then adds restrictions ( e . g . " The handle of claim 2 where it is hinged . " ) Each dependent claim is, by law, more narrow than the independent claim upon which it depends.
• For example, the " Abele " decision approved a dependent claim to a method transforming X-ray attenuation data produced in a X-Y field by an X-ray tomographic scanner to an image of body organs and bones  while at the same time the " Abele " court rejected a more generic and abstract independent claim to a process of graphically displaying variances from their average values of unspecified data obtained in an unspecified manner.