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A fundamental principle of patent application drafting is that the patent applicant can be his or her own lexicographer. Patent professionals say that all the time, but what does it mean? Being your ...

For nearly five decades, just being able to get software to run on hardware and communicate with other systems was considered a feat of engineering. But with that part of the technology solved well ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of experience in various areas ...