{"id":1070,"date":"2020-04-22T14:07:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2023-04-22T17:26:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:26:03","slug":"checking-claims-for-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/checking-claims-for-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking Claims For Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/category\/step-by-step-tutorials\/\">Tutorials<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/category\/step-by-step-tutorials\/patent-proofreading-tools\/\">Patent Proofreading Tools<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Checking Claims For Errors<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ClaimMaster <\/a>can perform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/patent-proofreading.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">patent proofreading<\/a> of claims in a patent document for various issues, such as wrong claim numbering and dependencies, incorrectly defined multiple claims, incorrect status indicators and amendments, presence of &#8220;patent profanities,&#8221; and other problems and informalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-how-to wp-block-yoast-how-to-block\"><p class=\"schema-how-to-description\">To check claims for errors, perform the following steps:<\/p> <ol class=\"schema-how-to-steps\"><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1587562290013\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Launch the Claim-Checking Feature<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">You can launch the claim-checking feature either from the <em>Individual Tools<\/em> menu or as part of the<em><strong> <\/strong>All-in-One Report<\/em>.  To start the check from the <em>Individual Tools<\/em> section, click on the\u00a0<em>Individual Tools\u00a0<\/em>menu, then select\u00a0<em>Check Claims for Errors\/View Error Reports<\/em>:<br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/check_claims.png\" class=\"attachment-350x189.42307692308 size-350x189.42307692308\" alt=\"proofread patent claims\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/check_claims.png 364w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/check_claims-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><br\/><br\/>Alternatively, if you run any type of the All-In-One Report, claim checking will be performed during report generation.<br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/predefined_reports.png\" class=\"attachment-450x402.44618395303 size-450x402.44618395303\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/predefined_reports.png 511w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/predefined_reports-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1587562497621\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Review the Results<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">Next, ClaimMaster will parse claims in the document and analyze them for various issues, presenting results after the analysis completes.  The results will be shown either in a Word form or in an HTML\/PDF report, depending on your All-in-One report settings.<br\/><br\/>ClaimMaster shows several different types of error messages:<br\/>    i) <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Errors\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 serious errors in the claims, such as invalid dependencies or wrong status indicators<br\/>    ii) <span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Syntax Warnings<\/span>\u00a0\u2013  potential problems with syntax, such as a class mismatch between a parent and its child claim.<br\/>    iii) <span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">Style Warnings<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; potential problems with claim language, such as the use of potentially limiting or indefinite words.<br\/><br\/>If you are reviewing results directly in Word, they&#8217;ll be shown as part of the clickable claim tree.  You can click\/expand each message to review the suggested fix and go to the error location in the Word document. You can also highlight identified issues directly in the document.<br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-22_9-50-03.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-22_9-50-03.png 443w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-22_9-50-03-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><br\/><br\/>If you are generating HTML reports, the results will be listed in a table format under the Claim Errors tab:<br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-22_9-53-16-768x385.png\" class=\"attachment-470x235.42114695341 size-470x235.42114695341\" 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