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- noun Plural form of
affirmance .
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Examples
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I think you're forgetting Federal Circuit Rule 36, which authorizes summary affirmances.
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The report also claims the department has not issued a final rule that would reduce the use of single-judge appellate decisions known as "affirmances without an opinion" and increase more rigorous appellate review by three-member panels.
The Indiana Law Blog 2008
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By every objective measurement —including end-of-process and in-process reviews, certification and recertification of examiners, and percentage of affirmances at the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences — we’ve determined the quality of patents granted has been improving, and we expect this to continue because of current and future quality initiatives.
Archive 2008-03-01 Peter Zura 2008
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By every objective measurement —including end-of-process and in-process reviews, certification and recertification of examiners, and percentage of affirmances at the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences — we’ve determined the quality of patents granted has been improving, and we expect this to continue because of current and future quality initiatives.
USPTO: The Toughest Place to Get a Patent? Peter Zura 2008
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Tribe says, "Apart from the relatively limited precedential value of such summary affirmances, this one in particular might be thought to stand for relatively little.")
Reagan's Justice: An Exchange Rees, Grover 1985
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