(US, legal) The record of the examination of a patent application, including the original application, responses made by the examiner, and amendments made by the applicant to address objections raised
(US, legal) The record of the examination of a patent application, including the original application, responses made by the examiner, and amendments made by the applicant to address objections raised by the examiner.
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(legal, US) In United States patent law, a procedure under which an issued patent is returned to the examiner to determine if it remains valid in light of newly discovered prior art.
(US) A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land.
(law) A proceeding or declaration by which a plaintiff or prosecutor ends a legal suit.
(US, legal) The combination, in a patent claim, of a novel device with conventional elements in a conventional manner.
(US, legal) A written agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant or prospective witness, allowing the latter to give the prosecutor information about an alleged crime, while limiting the prosecutor's ability to use that information against them.