I'm an electrical engineer that's been working as a patent engineer for a while. What you said is correct, this claim is too restrictive for this patent to have any real value. Each and every element in the claim would have to be present for another "invention" to infringe. And in that case, damages are awarded based on a % of revenue that the infringement contributed to. In other words, much extra $ the infringer made by adding an infringing feature to a product is a basis for determining damages. WIth this claim, you'd be lucky to get a few thousand dollars, which buys you about a day's worth of an Ivy League educated lawyer's time:)
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I'm an electrical engineer that's been working as a patent engineer for a while. What you said is correct, this claim is too restrictive for this patent to have any real value. Each and every element in the claim would have to be present for another "invention" to infringe. And in that case, damages are awarded based on a % of revenue that the infringement contributed to. In other words, much extra $ the infringer made by adding an infringing feature to a product is a basis for determining damages. WIth this claim, you'd be lucky to get a few thousand dollars, which buys you about a day's worth of an Ivy League educated lawyer's time :)