critical limitationglossary / CRITICAL LIMITATION critical limitation. Patents. A limitation essential either to the operativeness of an invention or to the patentability of a patent claim for the invention. [Cases: Patents 165(2). C.J.S. Patents § 289.] 词条贡献者 资深译员重在,毕业于世界顶级翻译学院,擅长翻译各类与监管和调查相关的法律文件。