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They sort of do. Each patent has both a description, written in more or less understandable terms (and often including diagrams) and the claims, which is what t
by andrewfong 13y ago
They sort of do. Each patent has both a description, written in more or less understandable terms (and often including diagrams) and the claims, which is what the post references (e.g. "a system or method ..."). The point of the legalese in the claims is to explicitly define the boundaries of the patent. By way of analogy, imagine if you had to describe the boundaries of a piece of land you owned, but the land wasn't a regular shape and you couldn't rely on a map.
- entendre 13y ago(((((Let me give you an unironic bouquet of parentheses))))) Like a golf ball each facet of the American government has a beautiful and unique center when you scrape off the aerodynamic divits. I'm sure "helping" the USPO is just as fascinating as redesigning the triscallion for DOT. Or helping disenfranchised voters find their polling place "round back the municipal building where they got the hog shows." I heard Tufte was giving a speech at a local coffee shop owned by some new ycombinator startup next week after Eric S. comes by to make sure everyone's in line with Google's new coffee brand.