This approach does seem to cut to the heart of the matter... I have had a patent in the system for a while, and just to reassure myself, I read just the indepen

This approach does seem to cut to the heart of the matter... I have had a patent in the system for a while, and just to reassure myself, I read just the independent claims. While reviewing my patent I have always become worn out by the time I get to reviewing the claims so I have always been a little wary of them (especially because I am used to being as precise as I can, but claims are written to be interpreted broadly). Sure enough, when I looked this time, the claims spoke loudly to me. What needs to be there is there in the independent claims.