How should the Field of the Invention be described in a patent application?
The Field of the Invention should be described as follows:
- It should be a statement of the field of art to which the invention pertains.
- The statement should be directed to the subject matter of the claimed invention.
- It may include a paraphrasing of the applicable Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) definitions.
As stated in MPEP 608.01(c), the Field of the Invention is “A statement of the field of art to which the invention pertains. This statement may include a paraphrasing of the applicable Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) definitions.”
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