[refulgentis]

>> the list of 20 claims is absurd.

Claims are a union - each individual claim may sound simple, what matters is the combination.

>> The title says it all "... PROGRAMMABLE INSTRUCTIONS IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS", they're trying to patent anything that can run or dispatch instructions.

No. The title of a patent is not a patent.

[user5994461]

Every claim is almost a patent on its own. Submit 20 claims that are progressively more specific, so if one claim is denied during the patent application or afterwards, the other claims can still stand.

Typical strategy is to claim as many things as you can imagine, like inventing CPU and anything that can evaluate an instruction and instructions themselves, then remove any claim that the patent office refuses to grant.

[fvv]

Claims define the context and boundaries of the patent