Industrial Property Regulations, 2002 (3) The features set out in the claim under paragraph (2)(b) shall be preceded by the words “characterized in that”, “characterized by”, “wherein the improvement comprises” or any other words to the same effect. (4) A technical feature set out in a claim shall not rely on a reference to the description or drawings but a reference to a feature may be included in parentheses if the intelligibility of the claim can be increased by doing so. (5) The reference to a feature included under paragraph (4) shall be deemed to be included only for convenience. (6) A claim shall not include a drawing. (7) If more than one claim is included in the application, the claims shall be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. (8) An application may include two or more independent claims if each independent claim relates to a single product or a single process. (9) An application may include a claim stating the essential technical features of an invention with one or more following claims setting out particular embodiments of the invention. (10) The following apply to claims described in paragraph (9) — (a) the claims setting out particular embodiments of the invention shall include a reference to the claim stating the essential technical features of the invention; (b) the claims setting out particular 7