Whole patent specification needs to be translated and in case it defines narrower scope of protection, it is the Polish text which is supposed to be applied. (lawyer-monthly.com)
The PTO will provide new targeted training to its examiners on scrutiny of functional claims and will, over the next six months develop strategies to improve claim clarity, such as by use of glossaries in patent specifications to assist examiners in the software field. (obamawhitehouse.archives.gov)
To his frequent irritation, the technology available made it hard to replicate things like patent specifications — his office rarely had enough carbon copies, and the alternatives were either expensive (photo - direct copying) or time - consuming (retyping). (thestar.com)