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doctrine of equivalents

noun

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  1. A legal rule in most patent systems that allows a court to hold a party liable for patent…

    A legal rule in most patent systems that allows a court to hold a party liable for patent infringement when the infringing device or process does not fall within the literal scope of a patent claim, but nevertheless is equivalent to the claimed invention.

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