Claim, in its general meaning, is a legal demand. It may be one that a person asserts without basis. Or it may be one that the person is entitled to have satisfied. A claim may involve property, money damages, or any other legal right. In mining law, a claim is a piece of public land that a miner takes up for the purpose of extracting minerals. In patent law, the claim is the part of the patent application in which the applicant points out the improvement claimed as an invention.
