patent claim
A statement included in a patent application that describes the structure of an invention in precise and exact terms, using a long established formal style and precise terminology. Patent claims serve as a way for the U.S.
Patent claims are comparable to the description in a deed to land. The description points out where the boundaries are. A person who crosses boundaries without the owner's permission is a trespasser.
By regulation and time-honored tradition, the patent claims are written in the form of a continuous run-on sentence.
Preamble: The formal introductory clause of a patent claim. Depending on the circumstances, the preamble may or may not define a narrowing element of the claim.
the same function in substantially the same manner and obtains the same result as a patented invention. As a result of a Supreme Court decision, the doctrine of equivalents must be applied on an element-by-element basis to the patent claims.
It allows filing without a formal patent claim, oath or declaration, or any information disclosure (prior art) statement. It provides the means to establish an early effective filing date in a nonprovisional patent application filed under 35 U.S.
 See also: Patent, Law, Claim, Claims, Person
  
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