Monday, July 21, 2008

To see 20/20

I forgot to take care of my eyes. Searching online for good deals soon become a futile exercise in learning how far I can drive in order to find a good prescription and frames. Then I found ZenniOptical.com They sell aesthetically pleasing prescription glasses online, starting from $8.
There is a huge selection of frames, with single vision , sunlight-sensitive, or photochromic , tinted sunglasses , bifocal lens and progressive lens. The secret to Zenni’s low prices is that they manufacture exclusively themselves and sell direct to the customer, with no middlemen and virtually no advertising budget. This is a unique business idea, and affords the eye-glass customers great deals. I see that they can have you seeing 20-20 for under $20. All is needed is a prescription by an optometrist or ophthalmologist. This is Zenni on Fox

Phobia-inspired patent language

I recently came across the following patent claim: (United States Patent 6,344,906, Universal document scanner controller) 14. A scanner controller according to claim 1, further comprising an image compression unit connected to the internal bus, the image compression unit being capable of performing image compression implementing at least one of public algorithms, licensed algorithms, derived algorithms and specially developed algorithms. besides derived and specially developed already falling into the scope of public and licensed, the language of the claim serves to preserve the fragile subconscious of both the feebly writing paralegal and the inventor's liaison working with the paralegal. This is another one of those shoot-yourself in the foot overlimiting writing.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Ingenuity of technicalities

Some more of the masterfully crafted caveats, for the patent examiner as well as a potential infringer may be more enjoyable to read than a lease on a condominium:

Such concerns and their solutions are conventional and well documented in the background art which a person skilled in the art will be conversant.

Elements not specifically shown or described herein may be selected from those known in the art.

...in accordance with principles commonly known to those of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention pertains

The particular components shown are not necessarily exhaustive of the components contained therein, which any other components are generally known in the art.

The present invention contemplates substitutes of the components shown that are capable of carrying out substantially the same functions. - this statement carefully navigates the message of relating the simplicity of the invention, while staying safe.

A second embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figure 5 and includes substantially

While not wishing to be held to any theory, it is believed the above described effects (inhibiting atherogenic progression and stabilizing plaque), preferably occur through inhibition of the recruitment of inflammatory cells by directly controlling the expression of a gene - here, the setting the condition (not wishing...), the verbiage of ...believed..., ...preferably... occur serves as a professional CYA.

The accompanying drawing in which like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the figures and the drawings.

The principles and operation of a system according to the present invention may be better understood with reference to the drawings and the accompanying description. Before turning to details of the present invention, it should be appreciated that the present invention provides two sets of features, each of which may be used alone, or which may be combined to provide a particularly useful and efficient system. The first feature relates to the use of zzzz. The second feature relates to zzzz.

It is believed that one skilled in the art can, based on the description herein, utilize the present invention to its fullest extent. The following specific embodiments are to be construed as merely illustrative and not limitative of the remainder of the disclosure in any way whatsoever.