Patent Application 24
Patent Application 24 : Elements Making Up A Patent Application: A patent application (i. e. , the document which an applicant files with a view to initiating the patent application process) generally contains a description of the invention together with at least one claim purporting to define it. A patent application may also include drawings to illustrate the invention. Furthermore, an abstract is generally required. For example, an international (PCT) application "must contain the following elements: request, description, claim or claims, one or more drawings (where drawings are necessary for the understanding of the invention), and abstract". Rule 5 PCT specifies what the description of an international application should contain in more details. As another example, a European patent application consists of "a request for the grant of a European patent, a description of the invention, one or more claims, any drawings referred to in the description or claims, and an abstract". Rule 42 EPC specifies what the description of a European patent application should contain in more details
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