statutory disclaimer

Patents. A patent applicant’s amendment of a specification to relinquish one or more claims to the invention. 35 USCA § 253.

• Before the statute was enacted, a single invalid claim was grounds for denying a patent.

— Also termed patent disclaimer. See SPECIFICATION(3). [Cases: Patents 149, 154. C.J.S. Patents §§ 261–263.]

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