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prosecution history estoppel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
pros-e-cu-tion his-to-ry estop-pel
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In United States patent law, the circumstance under which a person who has filed a patent application, and then made amendments to the application to accommodate the patent law and secure issuance of the patent, is prevented from bringing a cause of action for infringement of the patent where the allegedly infringing acts falling within the matter disclaimed by the amendment.

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What does prosecution history estoppel mean?
In United States patent law, the circumstance under which a person who has filed a patent application, and then made amendments to the application to accommodate the patent law and secure issuance of the patent, is prevented from bringing a cause of action for infringement of the patent where the allegedly infringing acts falling within the matter disclaimed by the amendment.

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