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LANDIS ON MECHANICS OF PATENT CLAIM DRAFTING *** Current through Release No. 5 (November 2001) ***  Copyright 2000 by Practising Law Institute. All Rights Reserved TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION 1 About The Author 1 Foreword 1 CHAPTER I. STATUTORY PROVISIONS-SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES 2 § 1 The Statute 2 § 2 Omnibus Claims 3 § 3 The Statutory Classes 4 CHAPTER II. CLAIM FORMS AND FORMATS IN GENERAL 5 § 4 Placement After Specification 5 § 5 Numbering And Order 6 § 6 Preamble 7 § 7 Transition From Preamble To Body-- Comprising 11 § 8 Consisting--Consisting Essentially Of 12 § 9 Body Of The Claim