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(a) Where the international application contains disclosure of one or more nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences, the description shall contain a sequence listing complying with the standard provided for in the Administrative Instructions and presented as a separate part of the description in accordance with that standard.
(b) Where the sequence listing part of the description contains any free text as defined in the standard provided for in the Administrative Instructions, that free text shall also appear in the main part of the description in the language thereof.
(a) The number of the claims shall be reasonable in consideration of the nature of the invention claimed.
(b) If there are several claims, they shall be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals.
(c) The method of numbering in the case of the amendment of claims shall be governed by the Administrative Instructions.
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