The description is a part of a patent specification that describes the invention in detail and helps to put the claims of a patent into context. Typically, the description includes some detail on the problems the inventor(s) met during the product/process development and how the invention solves these problems. It might also include a brief discussion on existing solutions (e.g. products on the market) to the same problems and how the invention differs from these. The description might also include a section acknowledging relevant patents in the technical field.
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