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central claiming
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The claim recites the preferred embodiment of the invention but is understood to encompass all equivalents.
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peripheral claiming
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Recites a precise boundary (or periphery) of the patentee's property right (which is the time-limited right to exclude others).
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inter alia
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"among other things" (Latin, "in-tur eh-lee-ah")
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Functional claiming
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The general notion of claiming an invention by what it does, rather than what it is in terms of physical structure.
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claim differentiation
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The existence of a dependent claim shows that the independent claim from which it depends is not so (thus) limited.
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