BODY OF A CLAIM

By SovConn | December 16, 2014

body of a claim.Patents. The portion of a patent claim that defines the elements or steps of the invention. • The body of the claim follows the preamble and transition phrase. In a combination claim, the body of a claim sets forth the elements of a patentable combination. Cf. PREAMBLE(2); TRANSITION PHRASE.[Blacks Law 8th]

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