The statement of a storage device is part of a larger claim that decribes a different embodiment of the invention that they also want to protect. If it was an i

The statement of a storage device is part of a larger claim that decribes a different embodiment of the invention that they also want to protect. If it was an independent claim it would almost certainly be invalid, but as part of a specific claim or as a dependent claim it could be valid when considering the entire embodiment described by the claim(s).