statutory double patenting rejection

Rejection of a patent application on the ground that the invention is the same subject matter as an already-patented invention by the same inventor.

• This rejection is based on 35 USCA § 101.

— Also termed same-invention double-patenting rejection. [Cases: Patents 120.]

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