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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">why not use the Summary to make it easier for the
<span class="m_-5800779670822981767SpellE">APJs</span> to understand the
applicant\u2019s interpretation/scope of the claims and help them with
easily finding where support in the spec is rather than having to dig
around on their own (assuming they are inclined)<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></div><div>Because of good brief writing. If you're arguing a dependent claim, the argument is going to be on page 40, after you're done with the independent claims. If you're arguing a dependent claim, you should consolidate all the relevant (and helpful) facts, all the relevant (and helpful) law, and all the relevant (and helpful) application of law to facts. They should be together so you can present a logical and consolidated flow. It's much less helpful to put the claim interpretation/scope/support on page 4, if the argument is at pages 40-44. If the spec is helpful in understanding the claim, then that discussion should be with the rest of the discussion of the issue you're presenting. If you have a 112(a) issue, then you should marshal the evidence at the point you're using it, not 36 pages away.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The Summary is just that-- the Summary. It's not the exhaustive statement of all relevant facts.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 7:47\u202fAM Suzannah K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-5800779670822981767">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I guess the point I\u2019m trying to get at is IF a dependent claim does not stand or fall with its independent claim, then the subject matter it claims is supposed
to be patentably different from the independent claim\u2026 and therefore, it seems to me that that claimed subject matter should be summarized with a notation of its support in the specification.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I do see the argument/interpretation against requiring such\u2026
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">BUT why not use the Summary to make it easier for the
<span class="m_-6532803244337892042SpellE">APJs</span> to understand the applicant\u2019s interpretation/scope of the claims and help them with easily finding where support in the spec is rather than having to dig around on their own (assuming they are inclined)?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Was just writing my other post when yours sent\u2026 reiterated here with a slight modification (wrt your function point):<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Summary of claimed subject matter.</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <u><span style="background:yellow">A</span></u> concise explanation of the subject
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:yellow">(2) ,
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:yellow">(3)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> if the claim contains a means plus function or step plus function recitation as permitted by <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/35/112" target="_blank">35
U.S.C. 112(f)</a>, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:yellow">then the</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> concise explanation must identify the structure, material, or acts described in the specification
in the Record as corresponding to each claimed function with reference to the specification in the Record by page and line number or by paragraph number, and to the drawing, if any, by reference characters.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* commas off-set the dependent claim requirement.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wrt \u201ceach claimed function\u201d, I see that as meaning if a claim limitation has
<u>a</u> function, not necessarily a means+function\u2026 otherwise, why include a sentence about the requirement for independent claims again?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">OK.... As you've divided into (1) and (2), (1) and (2) are connected in the conjunctive (like limitations of a claim -- all must be satisfied in the conjunctive), not disjunctive. The words "
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">structure, material, or acts ... corresponding to each claimed function</span> " are pretty clearly directed to 112(f), no?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 7:08<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>AM Suzannah K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com" target="_blank">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I
<span class="m_-6532803244337892042m-7455507448569001098spelle">dunno</span>\u2026 I read 37 CFR 41.37(c)(1)(iii) differently (annotated below<span class="m_-6532803244337892042m-7455507448569001098grame">), and</span> thus think it\u2019s best to err on the side of caution.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b><i>Summary of claimed subject matter.</i></b> <u><span style="color:black;background:yellow">A</span></u> concise explanation of the subject matter defined in each of the rejected
independent claims, which shall refer to the specification in the Record by page and line number or by paragraph number, and to the drawing, if any, by reference characters<u><span style="color:black;background:yellow">.</span></u>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:yellow">(2)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> if the claim contains a means plus function or step plus function recitation as permitted by <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/35/112" target="_blank">35
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the specification in the Record as corresponding to each claimed function with reference to the specification in the Record by page and line number or by paragraph number, and to the drawing, if any, by reference characters.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Almost certainly, at the beginning of the section on the dependent claim, you lay out the relevant (and helpful) facts, as you would in any brief to any tribunal. But you do it
at the place and in the way it does the most good -- the section addressing the dependent claim.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The question was "<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">must I summarize that dependent claim in the \u201cSUMMARY OF CLAIMED SUBJECT MATTER\u201d?</span> " The text of the reg
says "no," not in the Summary of Claimed Subject Matter.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 6:46<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>AM Suzannah K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com" target="_blank">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I guess I\u2019ve always been too scared to follow the rules that way\u2026 I mean, if one must argue each claim separately to avoid standing
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<p class="MsoNormal">The question, at least as I interpreted it, was about the Summary.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes, you have to separately argue the dependent claim, and you have to state that you're separately arguing it. But you don't have to do the "specification by page and line number,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wait, I thought even if a dependent claim (including non-112(f) claims) one must separately argue each claim, i.e., recite in the
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and for each dependent claim argued separately under the provisions of <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-37/section-41.37#p-41.37(c)(1)(iv)" target="_blank">paragraph (c)(1)(iv)</a> of this section, if the claim contains a means plus function or
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