>> I don't think the distinction between exhaustive and non-exhaustive constituents is something that most people would pick up on. > I imagine this sentence m

>> I don't think the distinction between exhaustive and non-exhaustive constituents is something that most people would pick up on. > I imagine this sentence made a lot of programmers and lawyers twitch. Patent lawyers especially. In a patent claim, the difference between comprising and consisting of can be crucial. [1] [1] http://www.bios.net/daisy/patentlens/2618.html http://www.bios.net/daisy/patentlens/2618.html