festo doctrine

Festo doctrine. Patents. The rule that the voluntary narrowing of a patent claim may give rise to prosecution-history estoppel. Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 304 F.3d 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2003). [Cases: Patents 168(2.2). C.J.S. Patents § 297.]

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译者Christina，毕业于世界顶级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与反垄断与不正当竞争诉讼相关的法律文件。