intervening rights

intervening rights. Patents. An infringement defense based on the right of a person who practiced a patent’s broadened claims to continue practicing, even though a patent is later reissued with broader claims because of inadvertent claim errors in the original patent. — Also termed doctrine of intervening rights. 35 USCA § 252, ¶

2. [Cases: Patents 138(2). C.J.S. Patents §§ 243–244.]

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资深译员玉晶，毕业于国内顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各类与环境、安全与健康相关的法律文件。