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A comment on Congress: Stop Trying to Limit EFF’s Ability to Challenge Patents. Parent comment

Re:Congress: Stop Trying to Limit EFF’s Ability to Challenge... by spacemanmatt on Saturday April 25, 2015 @04:58AM (#9437727)
Abstract means non-concrete. I wasn't using it in a special software-engineering sense. In patent terms, it also means non-concrete, it doesn't mean impractical.
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Re:Congress: Stop Trying to Limit EFF’s Ability to Challenge... by throwawaykf05 on Saturday April 25, 2015 @07:24PM (#9439885)
How is it non-concrete if it requires physical hardware and achieves practical results?
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