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Re: FW: Microsoft's Updated Statement about IPR Claimed in <draft-ietf-marid-core-03.txt> and <draft-ietf-marid-pra-00.txt> in Combination

2004-09-16 10:49:50
What you quoted from the patent application is from teh description.  You need 
to pay most attention to the claims section because it is the claims section 
that is actually enforceable after the patent is granted.  The description is 
often somewhat more general than the actual claims because the description is 
designed to let "one skilled in the art" to duplicate the invention.  (That is 
one of the legal requirements of a patent.)  Thus, the description often 
includes some background and context information that is not actually part of 
the claim.
Note that the claims sections begins:
"What is claimed and desired secured by United States Letters Patent is:"


Mark Holm


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