Configuring Example Clauses templates

To edit Example Clauses templates, perform the following steps inside the Patent Drafting Preferences window:


  1. Switch Template Type to "Example Clauses" option:

       


  1. Select one of the configured Example Clauses templates and then click on the Edit button in the lower right corner of the preferences window (if you don't have any such templates configured or need to make a copy, create a new one using the Add or Duplicate buttons shown above):


       

  1. Edit the selected Example Clauses template settings, then click on Accept Edits to save after you are done:




    1. Specifies the name of the Example Clauses template that is being edited


    1. If checked, numbers will be used to annotate clauses (i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) rather than letters (i.e., A, B, AA, BB, etc.)


    1. Specifies the beginning of each Example Clause.  [CLAUSEINDEX] will be either alphabetic or numeric, depending on the selection in item 2.   
      • For example "Example Clause A: A method for testing susceptibility of a device, the method comprising: performing a test of the device."


    1. Specifies the dependency listing of the first dependent claim that will reference back to its independent claim.   [FIRSTCLAUSEINDEX] references back to the clause number of the independent claim. 
      • For example "Example Clause B: The method of Example Clause A, wherein said device comprises a cable television (CATV) receiver.


    1. Specifies the dependency listing of the second dependent claim that will reference back to its independent claim and previous claim.   [FIRSTCLAUSEINDEX] references back to the clause number of the independent claim.  [PREVCLAUSEINDEX] references back to the clause number of the previous claim. 
      • For example "Example Clause C: The method of Example Clauses A or B, wherein said receiver comprises a notebook computer.

       

    1. Specifies the dependency listing of all other dependent claims that will reference back to their independent claim and previous claims.   [FIRSTCLAUSEINDEX] references back to the clause number of the independent claim.  [PREVCLAUSEINDEX] references back to the clause number of the previous claim. 
      • For example "Example Clause D: The method of Example Clauses A-C, wherein said receiver comprises a power charger.





    1. If you switch to "Legal term replacements" tab, you'll be able to specify replacements for various legal terms within the claims to more standard terms that can be further used to improve the generated text readability.  The search term and the replacement term must be separated with a semi-colon.  These fields support regular expressions for matching terms. For example: 
      • "further comprising;may include" - any instance of "further comprising" in the claims will be replaced with "may include"
      • "consist\w*;may include" - all variants of the term starting with "consist" (i.e., consist, consists, consisting, etc.) will be replaced with "may include"