prosecution history estoppel
- A legal principle that prevents a patent holder from later asserting that its patent covers more than what was originally claimed in the patent application
- The court applied prosecution history estoppel to restrict the plaintiff's interpretation of the patent.
- Due to prosecution history estoppel, the inventor was unable to claim that his patent covered new developments.
- The defense argued that prosecution history estoppel limited the scope of the patent claim.
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