Description of the Invention

The description of the invention is one of the essential parts of patent applications and patents. The description describes the essential features of the invention with reference to any accompanying drawings giving sufficient instruction to enable a person of ordinary skill in the art (i.e. technical field) to make or perform the invention. The description forms the basis for the Claims and includes a brief summary of the technical background of the invention. Examples, gene sequence listings, and/or a deposit of a microorganism may be considered to be part of the description of the invention.

The description is located before the claims and usually forms the bulk of the specification. – In electronic patent documents such as international applications (in PDF format) on the PATENTSCOPE® Search Service, a Description is easily located by clicking the "Description" bookmark once the specific international application has been located. The full text of the Description and Claims of international applications is searchable and viewable.