Format of claims

Format of claims

a. A claim is a sentence. It must start with a capital letter, and end with a period - and those must be the only capital letters or periods in the claim.

b. Use of ":" colon in claim
i. Try to use only one colon per claim if possible. A claim with only one item, should NOT use colon at all. Colon is for a two-or-more items list.
ii. For a list of items: if only two items, use "and" / "or" to specify the relation.
iii. For more than 2 items, use comma to separate the items, and use and/or to specify the last item.

c. Comprising or comprises:
i. Comprising when it is not a complete sentence.
ii. Comprises when it is used in a clause / like a full sentence
iii. Comprising means "which comprises"
1) What is claimed is: A device, which comprises:
2) What is claimed is: A device comprising:

d. Wherein means "in which" - sometimes, a next claim limitation is not necessary found in previous claim limitation, therefore it is not always correct to use "wherein"

e. Is comprised - bad grammar, avoid using this form.