a claim which relates to an embodiment of an invention disclosed in another patent claim of the application, and which therefore comprises all of the definitions in said claim
This is a claim that makes express reference to and depends on a prior claim and, thereby, incorporates by reference all of the recitals of the prior claim. This claim must be read as if it contained its own express recitals plus the recitals of every claim or claims from which it depends. Claims that do not depend from another are referred to as independent claims.
a claim that references and incorporates the subject matter of another claim and adds some further element, limitation, or restriction. A multiple dependent claim references two or more preceding claims.
A claim that refers back ("depends on") to and further limits a preceding dependent or independent claim. A dependent claim shall include every limitation of the claim from which it depends.