substantial equivalent

substantial equivalent. Patents. The same essential thing as the patented item, so that if two devices perform substantially the same function in substantially the same way to achieve the same result, they are equivalent even though they differ in name, form, or shape. — Also termed substantial equivalent of a patented device. [Cases: Patents 237. C.J.S. Patents §§ 425–426.]

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