Count

An indictment may contain allegations that the defendant has committed more than one crime. Each allegation must be listed separately. The separate allegations are referred to as the counts of the indictment.

A claim made in common by two or more alledged inventors (opposing parties) in legal contest to detemine who was the first inventor, and, hence, who is deserving of a U.S. patent (called an interference). The count defines the interfering subject matter between two or more patent applications or between one or more applications and one or more issued patents. MPEP 2301.02.