comprises definition
comprises means "includes or consists of" and "comprising" means "including or consisting of’. The singular reference of an element does not exclude the plural reference of such elements and vice-versa. The invention may be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In a device claim enumerating several means, several of these means may be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that
comprises and "two zinc ions" (claim 1) means that the claimed human insulin analog complex can have other components in the complex, in addition to the named components, but the named components, including the two zinc ions, must be in the specified amounts.
comprises which means ‘consists of’ is correct. Hence, [b].
More Definitions of comprises
comprises means "is composed of", but I don't see how the rest of the sentence fits this meaning.
comprises means "including but not limited to" or
comprises. – Invariably misused; it means “embraces” or “includes.” “An EIS comprises many chapters;” not, “An EIS is comprised of many chapter;” and not, “Several chapters comprise the EIS.”