“Bosc Tools Dragged Into SawStop-Centric Lawsuit”

7A: Mr. Schiech indicated that if the Commission issued a mandatory rule it would be extremely difficult for the industry to comply because of patent restrictions on sensor technology.

7B: Gass wants to make a mandatory rule requiring businesses to have certain safety restrictions. Mr. Scheich claims that the businesses would not be able to follow this rule because of legal concerns regarding patents on the technology required.

7C: The claim as a whole is causal because of the ‘if/then’ statement. The claim of ‘extreme difficulty’ is kind of a gray area because ‘extreme’ can be a subjective term.

7D: Mr. Scheich’s claim regarding the extreme difficulty of the industry’s compliance seems like more of an opinion to me. He also talks about the industry’s patent restrictions on sensor technology, but he doesn’t really go into any of them.