How to Draft Claims - Part 4 - Independent and Dependent Claims. EP012
- Author
- Adam L. Diament, J.D., Ph.D.: Registered Patent Attorney
- Published
- Tue 06 Feb 2018
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/patentingforinventors/Episode12ClaimDraftingPart4.mp3
In this episode I go through the differences between independent claims and dependent claims and why you should have a mix of broad independent claims and narrower dependent claims in your patent. Dependent claims serve as backups in case your broad independent claim is found invalid and I go through some examples of how these are drafted.
