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Evbn on Oct 17, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Patent #7028023: Linked List

In the patent-law sense, an implementation is a manifestation in hardware that performs some function.

dpark on Oct 17, 2012 [–]

Sure, but "system and method" is a sham to get past the "can't patent math rule". Software patents by necessity describe an abstract implementation. Rarely do software patents describe the hardware in any meaningful fashion.

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