MPEP Q&A 205: Meaning of Claims Limited to Species - a podcast by Lisa Parmley, USPTO Patent Practitioner #51006
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Question: What is the meaning of claims limited to species? Answer: Claims are definitions or descriptions of inventions. Claims themselves are never species. The scope of a claim may be limited to a single disclosed embodiment (i.e., a single species, and thus be designated a specific species claim). Alternatively, a claim may encompass two or more of the disclosed embodiments (and thus be designated a generic or genus claim). Species always refer to the different embodiments of the invention. Species may be either independent or related as disclosed. Chapter Details: The answer to this question can be found in chapter 800 of the MPEP.…
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