Part 1 of this articled — Avoiding Invocation of Functional Claim Language — focused on the general principles of law surrounding functional claim language in the context of computer-implemented ...

The recent en banc opinion in Williamson v. Citrix (Fed. Cir. 2015)[1] highlights the dangers of functional claiming in computer-implemented inventions. On June 16, 2015, the Federal Circuit decided ...

The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional programming approach that is advocated by popular Python libraries and JavaScript ...

Functions are fundamental to code organization; they exist in all higher order programming languages. Generally, functional programming means using functions to the best effect for creating clean and ...

Researchers at Stanford University have demonstrated the first functional computer built using only carbon nanotube transistors, according to an article published Wednesday on the cover of scientific ...

Developer Brian Benchoff wanted to see just how cheap a functional computer could be. He came up with the Minimum Viable Computer, a pocket-sized Linux box that could cost as little as $15. Share on ...

A developer has built a remarkably thin computer that is almost the same size and thickness as a standard credit card, potentially opening the door to a new category of ultra-portable computing ...

Usually it takes a whole armada of engineers to design and fabricate a functional computer from scratch, so it is worth noting how this small research group has made a nanotube computer. The authors ...