Markush claim
(US, legal) A patent claim that identifies multiple functionally equivalent chemical entities allowed in one or more parts of a compound.
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(US, legal) A patent claim that identifies multiple functionally equivalent chemical entities allowed in one or more parts of a compound.
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(US, legal) Any of the functionally equivalent chemical entities referenced in a Markush claim.
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