vague and indefinite rejection

Rejection of a patent claim on the ground that a person of ordinary skill in the art could not clearly understand it.

• For example, terms used in more than one sense could make the meaning unclear.

— Also termed Section 112 rejection. [Cases: Patents 101(6).]

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