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- noun law In
United States patent law, the circumstance under which a person who has filed a patent application, and then madeamendments to the application to accommodate the patent law and secure issuance of the patent, is prevented from bringing acause of action forinfringement of the patent where the allegedly infringing acts falling within the matter disclaimed by the amendment.
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