"Consolidations of duplications" ...
... duplications which became duplications after NeoMedia amended ... and narrowed ... some of the claims.
I understand the duplications part. 95 , 89 , no big deal either way.
The point now is ... as Kwun says ... is it easier or harder for workarounds to be found by the MSFT's and Googles and Mom & Pop and College Student Barcode companies around the world?
Have the amendments , with the additional language inserted into the claims as Kwun points out ... made the patent a target for a new round of challenges on different grounds?
Did the EFF nearly succeed in 'busting' NEOM? NEOM looks pretty broke to me at the moment , and no news of the third tranche funding.
Could NEOM survive another year and a half to two years of another challenge during which time the outcome would be unclear?
I guess we'll see.
jonesie