...same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention. The specification shall conclude with one or more...matter which the applicant regards as his invention (emphasis added). A patent, therefore, must disclose the best mode for implementing the invention,...

...'clarify wording,' does that give rise to estoppel?" The Patent Act at 35 USC § 112 paragraph 2 provides: The specification shall conclude with one or more...matter which the applicant regards as his invention. Thus, a narrowing amendment serving to make the claims more particularly point out or more distinctly...

...inherently — of a patent "claim." (Patent claims are statutorily required [35 USC § 1 12l statements "particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming...matter which the applicant regards as his invention.") That claim would be "anticipated" by the prior art. Put simply, an anticipated invention is not new...

...same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention. The specification shall conclude with one or more...matter which the applicant regards as his invention." 12 See 35 USC § 154(a)(2) ("Subject to the payment of fees under this title, such grant shall be for...

...Define the invention and are what are legally enforceable. The specification must conclude with a claim particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming...matter which the applicant regards as his invention or discovery. The claim or claims must conform to the invention as set forth in the remainder of the...

...same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention. The specification shall conclude with one or more...matter which the applicant regards as his invention. A claim may be written in independent or, if the nature of the case admits, in dependent or multiple...

...same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention. The specification shall conclude with one or more...matter which the applicant regards as his invention. A claim may be written in independent or, if the nature of the case admits, in dependent or multiple...

...appropriate given that the patent statute requires the inventor to write and present claims that succeed in "particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming...matter which the applicant regards as his invention." 35 US C. § 1 12(2). In particular, examiners and applicants should avoid broad or vague language such...

...same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention. The specification shall conclude with one or more...subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.303 296 37 CFR §1.56(1990). 297 See § 3.26[I] Fraud on the Patent Office. 29835U.SC §111....

...by the inventor of practicing the invention. [41] Section 112 also requires that the specification "conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing...subject matter which the applicant . regards as his invention."[42] The claims are considered the most important part of the patent instrument, setting...