judgment by comparison

judgment by comparison. Patents. Allowance of a patent claim because a similar claim has been allowed before. • There is no stare decisis doctrine in patent prosecutions, but examiners may consider allowance of similar claims as a decision-making aid.

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译者Paul，毕业于一所培养最顶级翻译人才的语言学院，擅长翻译各种与地产争端解决相关的法律文件。