米国特許クレーム研究
USP 7,346,929 クレーム9-11, 21
【特徴】
(1)”scan ‘related’ information”などの表現。情報、信号などをクレームするときは、なるべく広く記載する。
(2)クレーム10他、”at least one”を入れることで、他の構成があってもよいことを積極的に主張する。(但し、特許実務的には、”at least one”がなくとも同様の解釈がされるものと考えられる。)
(3)クレーム12、”sending a message to a user interface”。「表示手段”display means”」などの語よりも、”a user interface(UI)”は便利な用語と思われる。
ちなみにWikipediaでは、
“The user interface (or Human Machine Interface) is the aggregate of means by which people -the users- interact with the system -a particular machine, device, computer program or other complex tools. The user interface provides means of:
Input, allowing the users to manipulate a system
Output, allowing the system to produce the effects of the users’ manipulation. ”
と記載されている。
(4)クレーム21、”in response to”の後には、名詞または動名詞。in response to a signal(信号に応じて)など。
(以下、USP7,346,929より)
9. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of receiving at the available scanning machine scan related information for the security audit scan of the remote computer system.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the scan related information comprises at least one security assessment to be conducted during the security audit scan.
12. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of sending a message to a user interface that the security audit scan is being conducted.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the at least one result of the security audit scan is reported in response to receiving the notification at the central computer that the security audit scan is complete.
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