Guidelines for Examination
PART C
 CHAPTER III CLAIMS
3. Kinds of claim
3.6 Subject-matter of a dependent claim 		 

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PART C
CHAPTER III CLAIMSCHAPTER III CLAIMS
3. Kinds of claim3. Kinds of claim
  3.5 Arrangement of claims3.5 Arrangement of claims     3.7 Alternatives in a claim3.7 Alternatives in a claim  
 

3.6

Subject-matter of a dependent claim

 

If the two-part form is used for the independent claim(s), dependent claims may relate to further details of features not only of the characterising portion but also of the preamble.

 
Index:CHAPTER III CLAIMS3. Kinds of claim 3.5 Arrangement of claims 3.7 Alternatives in a claim

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