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1、23GuidelinesfromFederalCircuitCaseLawJosephE.Root4ToNatalie-WhomadeitpossibleGuyandGrover-WhogotitstartedJay,Paul,andCorey-Whomadeitworthwhile5ACKNOWLEDGMENTSxxiPREFACExxiiiRule-BasedPatentDraftingxxivUsingthisBookxxvDevelopmentxxvStandardxxvStatutexxviRequirementxxviDraftingRules

2、xxviINTRODUCTION:THEDISCLOSUREREVOLUTIONxxvn1.TheDisclosureRevolutionxxviiiII.TheAncienRegimexxixA.ClaimconstructionxxxIII.TheRevolutionxxxiA.PhaseI:MarkmanxxxiiB.PhaseII:PhillipsxxxiiIV.PermanentRevolutionxxxivA.ClaimconstructionxxxivB.WrittendescriptionxxxivC.EnablementxxxvD.Con

3、clusionxxxv6PartI:PatentingforBreadth1CHAPTER1:DraftingforBreadth31.Development4II.Standard4III.DraftingRules6A.Rule1:Neverdescribetheinventionasawhole,orcharacterizetheinvention.Groundperformancemeasuresexplicitlyonobjectivestandards661.Theinventionasawhole-"PatentProfanity"a.The

4、invention6b.Theinventionasawhole92.Characterizing11a.Requiredcharacteristicorproperty11b.Objectsoftheinvention143.Objectivestandards16B.Rule2:Describemultipleembodimentsorexamples,andwithinthoseembodiments,setoutalternativesandvariations.Usebothgenericandspecificlanguagetodescribe

5、claimitems181.Multipleembodiments182.Alternativesandvariations23a.Alternatives25b.Variations283.Genericlanguage30C.Rule3:Avoidboilerplate-itdoesnotwork32IV.Conclusion367CHAPTER2:ClaimingforBreadth371.Development38II.Standard39A.Statute39B.Required39III.DraftingRules39A.Rule1:Draft

6、claimsofvaryingclass,scope,andfocus,usingclaimdifferentiationtoensurebroadconstruction391.Claimdifferentiation402.Varyingclass423.Varyingscope434.Bewareofexceptions44B.Rule2:Carefullyevaluateclaimstoensurethebroadestsupportablescope;andselectclaimtermstoachievethatscope,avoidingun

7、necessaryrestrictions461.Evaluateoverallclaimscope472.Evaluateclaimterms483.Avoidunnecessaryrestrictions514.Avoidlimitingtoexistingtechnology53C.Rule3:Toachievebroadconstructionofquantitativeclaimterms,coordinatespecificclaimingtechniqueswithfocusedspecificationsupport551.Singular

8、vs.plural552.Ranges603.Importedqu