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- In patent law, it's the act of literally describing elements of an invention, leading to patent infringement if the patent details characterize all elements of the infringing device
- In their defense, they argued that the patent didn't read on their new device.
- The court decided the patent did indeed read on the elements of the offending technology.
- The claim of patent infringement was based on the patent's read on the key parts of the defendant's product.
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