Add to ORKG[Excerpt] “One of the most salient effects of patent prosecution history arises in the context of the doctrine of equivalents. Under that doctrine, although patent claims may be found to be broader than their literal scope, territory surrendered during prosecution cannot be encompassed as equivalent. Nor can territory forfeited by initial failure to claim be captured under the doctrine of equivalents. Most attorneys who prosecute applications are apt to be aware of such problems and to take measures to avoid them.
From its beginning, American patent law has extended patent protection beyond the explicitly disclos...
A common problem encountered during patent prosecution is a restriction requirement. According to In...
The doctrine of equivalents (DOE) allows courts to expand the scope of patent rights granted by the ...
On November 29, 2000, the Federal Circuit retroactively reduced the value of nearly 1.2 million unex...
(Excerpt) Over the past century, few patent issues have been considered so often by the Supreme Cour...
The Congress shall have the power to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing fo...
The Supreme Court of the United States held that the doctrine of equivalents is not inconsistent wit...
Under the rule of prosecution history estoppel, patent applicants who amend their claims during the ...
In Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., the Federal Circuit adopted a strict approac...
The current patent statutes are structured to grant unambiguous patents that give patent holders a r...
This Note examines the interplay between the judicially-created patent law rules of prosecution hist...
Last Term, in Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabashuki Co., the United States Supreme C...
Article published in the Michigan State University School of Law Student Scholarship Collection
In their book Patent Failure , Jim Bessen and Michael Meurer show that patents outside the fields o...
When jurors decide whether a putative patent infringer is liable under the doctrine of equivalents, ...
From its beginning, American patent law has extended patent protection beyond the explicitly disclos...
A common problem encountered during patent prosecution is a restriction requirement. According to In...
The doctrine of equivalents (DOE) allows courts to expand the scope of patent rights granted by the ...
On November 29, 2000, the Federal Circuit retroactively reduced the value of nearly 1.2 million unex...
(Excerpt) Over the past century, few patent issues have been considered so often by the Supreme Cour...
The Congress shall have the power to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing fo...
The Supreme Court of the United States held that the doctrine of equivalents is not inconsistent wit...
Under the rule of prosecution history estoppel, patent applicants who amend their claims during the ...
In Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., the Federal Circuit adopted a strict approac...
The current patent statutes are structured to grant unambiguous patents that give patent holders a r...
This Note examines the interplay between the judicially-created patent law rules of prosecution hist...
Last Term, in Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabashuki Co., the United States Supreme C...
Article published in the Michigan State University School of Law Student Scholarship Collection
In their book Patent Failure , Jim Bessen and Michael Meurer show that patents outside the fields o...
When jurors decide whether a putative patent infringer is liable under the doctrine of equivalents, ...
From its beginning, American patent law has extended patent protection beyond the explicitly disclos...
A common problem encountered during patent prosecution is a restriction requirement. According to In...
The doctrine of equivalents (DOE) allows courts to expand the scope of patent rights granted by the ...