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11.10 Drawings, Formulae, and Tables, in Text Matter - Patent Cooperation Treaty
§ 11.10 Drawings, Formulae, and Tables, in Text Matter
(a) The request, the description, the claims and the abstract shall not contain drawings.
(b) The description, the claims and the abstract may contain chemical or mathematical formulae.
(c) The description and the abstract may contain tables; any claim may contain tables only if the subject matter of the claim makes the use of tables desirable.
(d) Tables and chemical or mathematical formulae may be placed sideways on the sheet if they cannot be presented satisfactorily in an upright position thereon; sheets on which tables or chemical or mathematical formulae are presented sideways shall be so presented that the tops of the tables or formulae are at the left side of the sheet.
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