PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines
PART II THE INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION
Chapter 5 Claims
5.42 The requirement that the claims should be concise refers to the claims in their entirety as well as to the individual claims. For example, undue repetition of words or an undue multiplicity of claims of a trivial nature could be considered as not complying with this requirement. See the appendix to this chapter for further guidance relating to determinations of “conciseness” of claims.