IPA patent 5.7.5.1-definition-of-a-clerical-error — IP Australia Patent Manual of Practice and Procedure – 5.7.5.1 Definition of a clerical error

Also in this Chapter: 5.7.5.2 Definition of obvious mistake 5.7.5.3 Evidence required to prove a clerical error or obvious mistake . A clerical error is a mistake that occurs in the course of some mechanical process such as writing, transcribing, or copying. It is distinct from an error arising during the intellectual process (for example, from a lack of knowledge or error in reasoning). An example of a clerical error is a person omitting information or inputting incorrect information due to an incorrect template document. Clerical errors may also arise without intention, such as where a clerk misreads instructions and transcribes or writes the instruction as misread. A poor translation is generally not a clerical error, as it arises from a lack of knowledge of the foreign language.