PCT AI Section 205 — Numbering and Identification of Claims upon (MPEP Index) – BlueIron IP
PCT AI Section 205 Numbering and Identification of Claims upon
Source: PCT Administrative InstructionBlueIron Update:
This page consolidates MPEP guidance interpreting PCT AI Section 205, including 0 rules from the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. It is provided as guidance, with links to the ground truth sources. This is information only, it is not legal advice.
Official MPEP § 205 — Numbering and Identification of Claims upon
Source: USPTOLast Modified: 10/30/2024 08:50:22
205 Numbering and Identification of Claims upon Amendment
- (a) Amendments to the claims under Article 19 or Article 34(2)(b) may be made either by cancelling one or more entire claims, by adding one or more new claims or by amending the text of one or more of the claims as filed. Where a claim is cancelled, no renumbering of the other claims shall be required. In all cases where claims are renumbered, they shall be renumbered consecutively in Arabic numerals.
- (b) The applicant shall, in the letter referred to in
Rule
46.5(b)
or
Rule 66.8(c)
, indicate the
differences between the claims as filed and the claims as amended or, as the case
may be, differences between the claims as previously amended and currently
amended. He shall, in particular, indicate in the said letter, in connection with
each claim appearing in the international application (it being understood that
identical indications concerning several claims may be grouped), whether:
- (i) the claim is unchanged;
- (ii) the claim is cancelled;
- (iii) the claim is new;
- (iv) the claim replaces one or more claims as filed;
- (v) the claim is the result of the division of a claim as filed;
- (vi) the claim replaces one or more claims as previously amended;
- (vii) the claim is the result of the division of a claim as previously amended.