Ex parte Oetiker

Terms of degree such as "relatively shallow," "of the order of," and "substantial portion" are indefinite where the specification provides no standard for measuring the intended degree.

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A language model, from how the MPEP uses this case rather than from the opinion.

Confidence

high — self-reported, not calibrated against a measured error rate

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Not reviewed by a person

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