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Re: Handlebar-less Segway
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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock
I am enjoying the last statement of the patent.
"The described embodiments of the invention are intended to be merely exemplary and numerous variations and modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art. All such variations and modifications are intended to be within the scope of the present invention. "
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The statement you enjoyed is not unique to this patent; read a few more patents and you will find nearly identical statements near the end of their 'description' sections. Lawyers are taught to include such statements whenever possible when drafting patents, so that the claims can be extended to cover variations that are not mentioned explicitly.
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I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
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