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aggregation

Patents. 1. A set of parts that do not cooperate in structure or function, and are therefore unpatentable as an invention; the opposite of a combination. [Cases: Patents 25. C.J.S. Patents § 86.] 2.Hist. A patent examiner’s label for a claimed invention that may or may not be a patentable combination but whose claims do

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interpolation

interpolation (in-t[schwa]r-p[schwa]-lay-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. The act of inserting words into a document to change or clarify the meaning. • In a negative sense, interpolation can refer to putting extraneous or false words into a document to change its meaning. Cf. INTERLINEATION. 2. (often pl.) Roman law. An editorial change made by one of the compilers

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adversary system

adversary system. A procedural system, such as the Anglo-American legal system, involving active and unhin-dered parties contesting with each other to put forth a case before an independent decision-maker. — Also termed adversary procedure; (in criminal cases) accusatorial system, accusatory procedure. Cf. INQUISITORIAL SYSTEM. “The term adversary system sometimes characterizes an entire legal process, and

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aggregation

aggregation. Patents. 1. A set of parts that do not cooperate in structure or function, and are therefore unpatentable as an invention; the opposite of a combination. [Cases: Patents 25. C.J.S. Patents § 86.] 2. Hist. A patent examiner’s label for a claimed invention that may or may not be a patentable combination but whose

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