There is no statutory requirement that formal logic be adhered to during examination of patent claims. Examiners and patent practitioners are free to use a wide variety of discussion and argument ...
Unicorns roam free in fantasy novels and children’s stories, not so much in the real world, much less the cold, analytical ones of math and philosophy. But it turns out that these logical disciplines ...
The field of theorem proving and higher‐order logic represents a confluence of computer science, mathematics and formal logic. It encompasses the automated and interactive approaches to establishing ...