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A plurality of independent claims in the same claim category are only allowable in the exceptional circumstances listed in Rule 43(2)(a), (b) and (c). The applicant has the burden of showing "that one of the exceptions under Rule 43(2) EPC apply". [12] Rule 43(2) is only applicable during examination proceedings, not in opposition proceedings. [13]
The source used to support the claim is this Guardian article, but when there is an evaluative comment or claim in a Wikipedia article, it is not enough to provide a citation marker – the claim has to be attributed as well. Wikipedia can't make evaluative claims in its own voice.
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. Under U.S. law, this is still counted as a dependent claim, regardless of the class change.
This is a list of special types of claims that may be found in a patent or patent application.For explanations about independent and dependent claims and about the different categories of claims, i.e. product or apparatus claims (claims referring to a physical entity), and process, method or use claims (claims referring to an activity), see Claim (patent), section "Basic types and categories".
A "continuation-in-part" application ("CIP" or "CIP application") is one in which the applicant adds subject matter not disclosed in the parent patent application, but repeats a substantial portion of the parent's specification, and shares at least one inventor with the parent application. The CIP application is a convenient way to claim ...
A claim is a statement that one subject, such as a person or organization, makes about itself or another subject. For example, the statement can be about a name, group, buying preference, ethnicity, privilege, association or capability. The subject making the claim or claims is the provider.
No-fault does not mean someone did not cause an accident, and the at-fault driver can still be held liable for damages beyond what everyone’s no-fault insurance covered. Each state has a ...
When just one or two edits are diff-linked, as supposed evidence of the stated claims, then that can be a gross exaggeration of a pattern, while three or more cases would begin to show a pattern. For example, in a claim of wp:FORUMSHOPPING , if only 2 other venues can be cited (as being "all the other forums"), then that claim of forum-shopping ...