How should the elements of an international patent application be arranged?
The MPEP 1812 specifies the order in which the elements of an international patent application should be arranged:
- Request
- Description (excluding any sequence listing part)
- Claims
- Abstract
- Drawings
- Sequence listing part of the description (if applicable)
This order is mandated by the Administrative Instructions Section 207(a). The MPEP states: “The elements of the international application are to be arranged in the following order: the request, the description (other than any sequence listing part thereof), the claims, the abstract, the drawings, and the sequence listing part of the description (where applicable)“.
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