{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-41.110","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 41.110","heading":"Filing claim information.","body":"(a) Clean copy of claims. Within 14 days of the initiation of the proceeding, each party must file a clean copy of its involved claims and, if a biotechnology material sequence is a limitation, a clean copy of the sequence.\n(b) Annotated copy of claims. Within 28 days of the initiation of the proceeding, each party must:\n(1) For each involved claim having a limitation that is illustrated in a drawing or biotechnology material sequence, file an annotated copy of the claim indicating in bold face between braces ({ }) where each limitation is shown in the drawing or sequence.\n(2) For each involved claim that contains a means-plus-function or step-plus-function limitation in the form permitted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f), file an annotated copy of the claim indicating in bold face between braces ({ }) the specific portions of the specification that describe the structure, material, or acts corresponding to each claimed function.\n(c) Any motion to add or amend a claim must include:\n(1) A clean copy of the claim,\n(2) A claim chart showing where the disclosure of the patent or application provides written description of the subject matter of the claim, and\n(3) Where applicable, a copy of the claims annotated according to paragraph (b) of this section.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 41—PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD","Subpart D—Contested Cases"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"ee5bfdb5bdbd9232f37187a0291c23364fba7cf2d3754d848d49f2c6a58cb9fe","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-41.109","next":"us/37-cfr-41.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}