Patent Claiming in the United States: Central, Peripheral, or Mongrel

Authors

Martin J. Adelman, George Washington University Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Book Part

Publication Date

2010

Status

Accepted

Abstract

This paper explains why the use of prosecution history estoppel to limit the doctrine of equivalents only when an estoppel exists is unsound. The standards for overcoming an estoppel should be used in every case and not just where there is an estoppel.

SSRN Link

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2208484

Recommended Citation

Martin J. Adelman, Patent Claiming in the United States: Central, Peripheral, or Mongrel in IP Theory (vol. 1, 2010).