specifications

A product of architectural services. A statement in detail of the manner in which a building or other improvement is to be constructed, including the materials to be used. 5 Am J2d Arch § 3; 13 Am J2d Bldg Contr § 12. A written description of an invention and the discovery thereof to be filed with an application for a patent. 40 Am J1st Pat § 85. The purpose of the statutory requirement that an application for a patent shall contain a written description of the invention and discovery, and, in the case of a machine, the principle thereof, and shall particularly point out and distinctly claim the part, improvement, or combination which the applicant claims as his invention or discovery is not only that any person skilled in the art to which it pertains may construct and use it after the expiration of the patent, but also to inform the public during the life of the patent of the limits of the monopoly asserted, so that it may be known which features may be safely used or manufactured without a license, and which may not. 40 Am J1st Pat § 85.