Trilateral Project 24.1-Biotechnology 013

In general, claims shall not, except where absolutely necessary, rely, in respect of the technical features of the invention, on the references to the description or drawings. An exceptional case is a claim for a DNA or protein where the length and complexity of the definition of said DNA or protein would render it unsuitable for incorporation into the claim; in these cases a reference to a drawing or table containing the DNA sequence, amino acid sequence or the restriction map of the DNA, respectively, is allowed.