I must start with a disclaimer - I was a researcher before starting to draft patents, which makes me a legal layman.

My naive question is - to what extent are disclaimers stating such things as "an embodiment is only an embodiment", "the description is only descriptive and should not be construed as limiting", "the method can be performed by different means", "this invention can be implemented in different ways" etc. really necessary? I of course do not mean these specific formulations, but more sophisticated formulations meaning the same. - Oops - another disclaimer...

Thank you,
Ophir.