{"id":1537,"date":"2020-06-27T13:29:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T13:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2021-02-27T14:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T14:00:06","slug":"tutorial-renumbering-part-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/tutorial-renumbering-part-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Renumbering Part Numbers"},"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-drafting-tools\/\">Patent Drafting Tools<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Renumbering Part Numbers<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/\">ClaimMaster<\/a> lets you quickly adjust a range of part numbers by a positive or negative increment, in case you need to insert new part numbers or add a new figure in between existing figures and describe the new figure in the specification.  This is yet another one of many helpful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/automation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">patent drafting tools<\/a> available in ClaimMaster.<\/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\">Follow these steps to renumber parts in the specification:  <br\/><br\/><\/p> <ol class=\"schema-how-to-steps\"><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1592841923668\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Launch Part Number Editing Tool<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">From the ClaimMaster tab, click on the\u00a0<strong>Individual Tools<\/strong>\u00a0menu, then select\u00a0<strong>Check\/Edit Part Numbers in Text:<\/strong><br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NewItem797.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"part number menu\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NewItem797.png 368w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NewItem797-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><br\/><br\/>This will start the parsing process during which ClaimMaster will go through the document identifying part names and numbers.<br\/><br\/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1593119985568\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Switch To Drafting View and Launch Part Renumbering Tool<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">In the window that shows up on the right side of the screen, switch to the <strong>Drafting View<\/strong>, then click on the <strong>Renumber #s <\/strong>button, which will bring up the <strong>Part Renumbering <\/strong>tool.<br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-26_13-36-38-1-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"renumber part numbers\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-26_13-36-38-1-1.png 422w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-26_13-36-38-1-1-300x132.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><br\/><br\/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1593196678260\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Specify Renumbering Parameters.<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">In the <strong>Renumber Part Numbers<\/strong> window that shows up, you can enter the range of numbers you wish to change and the associated renumbering step (i.e., the numeric increase\/decrease applied to each part number).<br\/><br\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-26_13-37-02.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"renumber part numbers window\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-26_13-37-02.png 321w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-26_13-37-02-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2020-06-26_13-37-02-160x104.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><br\/><br\/>For example, if you have a sequence of parts numbered 2, 4, 6, 8, etc. till 100 and wish to insert another element between numbers 4 and 6, you can renumber numbers 4-100 with a step of 2, which would change them to 6, 8, and so on. \u00a0This will free number 4, which you can now associate with a new part.  Moreover, if you enter a negative step value, part numbers in the range will be decremented by the specified range.<br\/><br\/><\/p> <\/li><li class=\"schema-how-to-step\" id=\"how-to-step-1593263769778\"><strong class=\"schema-how-to-step-name\">Complete part renumbering<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-how-to-step-text\">When you finish specifying the renumbering part number range and increment\/decrement step, click on the <strong>Renumber <\/strong>button.  ClaimMaster will then renumber all of the parts within the specified range using Track changes, so that you can see the edits.<br\/><\/p> <\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on this feature, check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/help\/Renumberingpartnumbers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online Manual<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/help\/Wrongpartnumbers.html\" target=\"_blank\">.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patentclaimmaster.com\/blog\/step-by-step-claimmaster-tutorials\/\">Read other Step-by-step tutorials<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ClaimMaster lets you quickly increment a range of part numbers with a positive or negative number, in case you need to insert new part numbers or add a new figure in between existing figures and describe the new figure in the 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