---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 41.110"
title: "37"
number: "41.110"
heading: "Filing claim information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/41.110"
---

# §41.110. Filing claim information.

- (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.
- (b) **Annotated copy of claims.** Within 28 days of the initiation of the proceeding, each party must:
  - (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.
  - (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)](/usc/35/112.md?p=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.
- (c) Any motion to add or amend a claim must include:
  - (1) A clean copy of the claim,
  - (2) A claim chart showing where the disclosure of the patent or application provides written description of the subject matter of the claim, and
  - (3) Where applicable, a copy of the claims annotated according to [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 50003, Aug. 12, 2004, as amended at 77 FR 46631, Aug. 6, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 3(a)(2)(A), 21, 23, 32, 41, 134, 135, and Public Law 112-29.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 50003, Aug. 12, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 50003, Aug. 12, 2004, as amended at 77 FR 46631, Aug. 6, 2012]