shifting ground
shifting ground. Patents. The broadening of a patent application in an amendment by claiming a feature of the invention that was disclosed but not claimed in the original application. [Cases: Patents 109. C.J.S. Patents §§ 152–155.]
shifting ground. Patents. The broadening of a patent application in an amendment by claiming a feature of the invention that was disclosed but not claimed in the original application. [Cases: Patents 109. C.J.S. Patents §§ 152–155.]