I. What is a Multiple-Dependent Claim and a Multiple-Dependent Example?

A dependent claim depends from a previous claim and adds more detail to the previous claim. A multiple-dependent claim depends from more than one previous claim and adds more detail to each previous claim from which it depends. Multiple-dependent examples are non-limiting examples of an invention included in the detailed description section of an application and are prepared in multiple-dependent claim format except they use the word “example” instead of the word “claim.”