request for reexamination

request for reexamination. Patents. A formal process of asking the Patent and Trademark Office to review an in-force patent’s validity in light of prior-art references. • Anyone, including the patentee or an infringer, may request a patent’s reexamination. [Cases: Patents 140. C.J.S. Patents § 251.]

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