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DATE 05
th
Sep, 2008
Abstract & Summary
Drafting
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Introduction
What is an Abstract
Laws governing drafting an Abstract
Writing an Abstract
What is a Summary
Laws governing drafting a Summary
Why is it sometimes avoided
Writing a Summary
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Abstract
An abstract comprises or concentrates in itself the
essential qualities of a larger specification in a short,
abbreviated form
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A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the
specification must commence on a separate sheet,
preferably following the claims, under the heading
Abstract or Abstract of the Disclosure. The sheet or
sheets presenting the abstract may not include other
parts of the application or other material. The abstract in
an application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111 may not exceed
150 words in length. The purpose of the abstract is to
enable the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and the public generally to determine quickly from a
cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical
disclosure.
37 C.F.R. 1.72 (b)
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37 C.F.R. 1.72 (b)
The abstract must commence on a
separate physical sheet or electronic
page or be submitted as the first page of
the patent in a reissue application or
reexamination proceeding ( 1.72(b))
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37 C.F.R. 1.438 (b)
The abstract: Lack of an abstract upon
filing of an international application will not
affect the granting of a filing date.
However, failure to furnish an abstract
within one month from the date of the
notification by the Receiving Office will
result in the international application being
declared withdrawn.
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Writing an Abstract
The abstract should be drafted on a
separate sheet, after the claims
The abstract will be printed on the first
page of your patent
The abstract should be put on a new page
with the heading ABSTRACT
The abstract must be concise, complete,
clear, and as broad (nonlimiting) as
possible
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Writing an Abstract
Paraphrase the Main Independent Claim
Try to use active voice
State directly: A bicycle pedal mechanism
including, etc.
If the application may be filed internationally, you
should include reference and figure numbers in
the abstract
If reference numerals are introduced in the
abstract, use them within parenthesis.
e.g. CR device (110)
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Templates for starting an Abstract
The present invention provides a method and
system for performing DC-offset correction in a
radio frequency (RF) receiver.
A method and system for performing DC-offset
correction in a radio frequency (RF) receiver is
provided.
Disclosed herein is a method and system for
performing DC-offset correction in a radio
frequency (RF) receiver.
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Summary
A concise explanation of the subject
matter defined in one or more independent
claims involved
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37 C.F.R. 1.73
A brief summary of the invention indicating
its nature and substance, which may
include a statement of the object of the
invention, should precede the detailed
description. Such summary should, when
set forth, be commensurate with the
invention as claimed and any object
recited should be that of the invention as
claimed.
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Points
Write the Summary broadly
Your summary need not be longer than about
one page
Your summary can simply paraphrase your main
claim(s) or can be a short description (one or
two sentences) of the essence of your invention.
State the object for your invention
The PTOs Rules 73 and 77 state that the
specification should contain a summary of the
claimed invention
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Templates For Beginning A
Summary
An aspect of the invention is to provide a method and a
system for (automatically managing virtual output
queues in a switching fabric).
In order to fulfill the above aspect, the method includes
detecting if a link is a non-operational-link or an
operational-link. The method further includes
An object of the present invention is to provide a method
and system for (facilitating verification of an entity).
Another object of the present invention is to (minimize
false negatives and false positives).
The above objects are achieved by providing a method,
system and computer program product for (facilitating
verification of an entity).
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Exemplary Independent Claim
A method for facilitating verification of an entity,
the entity comprising a plurality of attributes, the
method comprising:
obtaining a set of attributes from the plurality of
attributes based on a set of predefined parameters;
selecting a set of algorithms corresponding to each
attribute belonging to the set of attributes; and
executing at least one algorithm belonging to a set of
algorithms corresponding to each attribute.
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Corresponding Summary
An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system
for facilitating verification of an entity.

Another object of the present invention is to minimize false
negatives and false positives.

The above objects are achieved by providing a method, system and
computer program product for facilitating verification of an entity.
The entity includes a plurality of attributes. The method includes
obtaining a set of attributes from the plurality of attributes based on
a set of predefined parameters. The method further includes
selecting a set of algorithms corresponding to each attribute
belonging to the set of attributes based on a set of predefined
parameters. Thereafter, the method executes one or more
algorithms belonging to a set of algorithms corresponding to each
attribute.
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DATE 05
th
Sep, 2008
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