Nautilus v. Biosig: The Reasonably Certain Standard Introduction In Nautilus v. Biosig Instruments‚ the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Federal Court’s “insolubly ambiguous” standard for finding indefiniteness under 35 U.S.C.A 112. Under that standard‚ a claim is indefinite if it is “insolubly ambiguous” and “not amendable to construction”. The Court in its place articulated a new standard under which a “patent is invalid for indefiniteness if its claims‚ read in light of the specification delineating
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Night’ by Elie Wiesel is his personal account of his experiences in Nazi controlled concentration camps. The memoir begins towards the end of 1941 and records his experiences of the inconceivable horrors committed by the Nazi’s during World War II. The war had been raging for two years and was about to enter Sighet. The Germans believed in the Aryan race and attempted to commit genocide on the ‘lesser’ races‚ particularly Jews. Through the brutality witnessed‚ acts of selfishness‚ the death of his
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understanding or laws of nature. The occurrence of the supernatural made each story more captivating and enjoyable. The supernatural theme was the most influential and prominent theme that we worked with during this course. While reading The Romance of Certain Old Clothes‚ I couldn’t understand why it was included in the American Gothic Literature unit that I would be studying for the semester. But as I read the story a second time to understand it fully‚ I realized the story had major themes like betrayal
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It was a cold and dusky evening in Toulon‚ France. The old man with watery blue eyes‚ took out the gilded watch from his pocket. He took a deep breath. It was time to go back home. His house was thick-walled and had a wine-cellar‚ like the traditional houses in France. But quite a few years ago‚ that was not the case. Back then it wasn’t even his home‚ as he belonged to an impecunious family‚ which was displaced during the war. Vauban had just spent an hour observing the sun set. He came at the Bay
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Twelfth night Act 1 scene 1 Plot The play begins with introducing the character of duke Orsino who is presented as being ‘lovesick’ for the duchess Olivia. We learn from one of Orsino’s gentlemen valentine that Olivia is mourning for her dead brother and is going to stay in mourning for 7 years. Orsino thinks that this is great as he believes that if Olivia can love her brother with so much passion she will be even more passionate towards him‚ when she falls in love with him which of course
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In The Arabian Nights‚ a collection of Arabic folktales‚ Shahrazad uses the "˜Chinese box effect’ to connect her stories to one another in order to continue telling the story to King Shahrayar. The tale of the Husband and the parrot has number of tales that are related to each other tales and to the original story in many complex ways. The subtales of The Story of the Fisherman and the Demon focus on a particular theme‚ trust‚ with relations between the characters and the analogy of the situations
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Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Questions 1. The play was written a while back so now in modern time the perspective is different than it would of been when it was first written. 2. He encouraged others to be their own individual persons. 3. She is trying to say that her son never does what other people do and is always on the opposite side of the crowd. You can say he is trying to be a rebel. Henry has always being the opposite of society for example he was the only baby that didn’t cry while
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Cited: -Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 11th ed. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Longman‚ 201. 868. Print. -Title: "Obscured by dreams": Race‚ Empire‚ and Shakespeare ’s A Midsummer Night ’s Dream. Margo Hendricks. Shakespeare Quarterly‚ Vol. 47‚ No. 1 (Spring‚ 1996)‚ pp. 37-60. Folger Shakespeare Library in association with George Washington University
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government is just that: limited in its scope and power. Coming from under the authoritarian rule of the king‚ colonists saw a need for a new government that was not all-powerful. Closely tied to this concept is the ideal that each individual has certain rights that the government cannot take away or infringe upon‚ and the government is thus limited in the way that it relates to its people. * Generally interpreted to refer to a form of government where a legislature with significant decision-making
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Theory Of Knowledge Essay Mr. Douglas Parker Word Count: 1‚ 316 2. What are the differences between "I am certain" and "it is certain"‚ and is passionate conviction ever sufficient for justifying knowledge? Certainty is a very difficult subject to tackle. Consider the many levels of certainty. Some might say that only science and mathematics can dictate what is indeed certain. Other critics may say that most science is based on models and experiments‚ so how do we know that there isn’t a
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