37 C.F.R. § 1.73 Summary of the invention.
Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
A brief summary of the invention indicating its nature and substance, which may include a statement of the object of the invention, should precede the detailed description. Such summary should, when set forth, be commensurate with the invention as claimed and any object recited should be that of the invention as claimed.
Title 37: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES
Subpart B—National Processing Provisions
Specification
§ 1.73 Summary of the invention.