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1、LandisonMechanicsofPatentClaimDrafting,IntroductionLANDISONMECHANICSOFPATENTCLAIMDRAFTING--FIFTHEDITION***CurrentthroughReleaseNo.2(November2005)***Copyright2005byPractisingLawInstitute.AllRightsReserved.RobertC.FaberINTRODUCTIONLandisonMechanicsofPatentClaimDrafting
2、,IntroductionIntroductionTheprimaryobjectofthistreatiseistopresentasimpleanddirectapproachtothemechanicsofclaimdrafting.Themajoremphasisinchapters1-6isonpracticaltechniquesforcomposingclaimstomanydifferenttypesofinventions.Inchapters1-6,thereisalsoemphasisonvariouspr
3、eferredclaim-draftingpracticesandtechniquesthathavegrownupovertheyearsbycaselaw,1PatentandTrademarkOffice2rulesandmemoranda,and,simply,custom,aswellasdefinitionsandpreferredusageofstylizedwordsandphrasesinthepatentlaw,suchas"comprising,""consisting,""meansfor,""stepf
4、or,"and"whereby."Thereisalsoextensivediscussionofmanycaselawdoctrinesrelatingtononartrejections,3bothclassicrulesandmoderntrends.Inmanyoftheseareas,therehavebeenliberalizingtrendsbythecourts4inrecentyearstooverthroworsimplifyrejectionsnotbasedonpriorart.Inparticular,
5、thistreatisecoversboththeclassicandthemorerecentconstructionsofmeansclauses(section3:25),inherentfunctionoftheapparatusdoctrine(section4:5),mentalstepsandcomputerprograms(section4:9),product-by-processclaims(section5:2),claimsreferringtodrawings(section6:6),newusecla
6、imsandpreamblelimitations(section6:7),Jepsonclaims(section6:8),unduemultiplicity(section8:3),oldcombination(section8:4),aggregation(section8:5),andprintedmatter(section8:6).Therearemanyexamplesofsuggestedclaimstovarioustypesofinventions:machines(chapter3),processes(c
7、hapter4),articlesofmanufacture(chapter5),compositionsofmatter(chapter6),computerinventions(section4:9),designs(section5:3)andplants(section5:4),aswellasdependentclaims(section2:9),Jepsonclaims(section6:8),genericandspeciesclaims(section6:9),subcombinationclaims(secti
8、on6:10),andbiotechnology(chapter9).Manyquotationsfromclaimsonappealandinlitigationaregiven,sothatthereadercanseeforhimselforherself
