file wrapper estoppel — see estoppel 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
file wrapper estoppel — Under the doctrine of file wrapper estoppel, an applicant who has limited or modified a claim in order to avoid its rejection by the Patent Office may not later expand his claim by including the excluded matter, or its equivalent, or by omitting… … Black's law dictionary
file wrapper estoppel — noun : a doctrine in patent law that one who has acquiesced in the rejection of a broad claim in his application for a patent may not later assert that a claim deliberately more restricted is equivalent to the original claim … Useful english dictionary
file wrapper — file wrap·per n: a written record in a patent office of the application and negotiations for a patent preceding the issuance of the patent see also file wrapper estoppel at estoppel 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
estoppel — es·top·pel /e stä pəl/ n [probably from Middle French estoupail plug, stopper, from estouper to stop up see estop] 1: a bar to the use of contradictory words or acts in asserting a claim or right against another; esp: equitable estoppel in this… … Law dictionary
Estoppel — in its broadest sense is a legal term referring to a series of legal and equitable doctrines that preclude a person from denying or asserting anything to the contrary of that which has, in contemplation of law, been established as the truth,… … Wikipedia
Prosecution history estoppel — Prosecution history estoppel, also known as file wrapper estoppel, is a term used in United States patent law to indicate that a person who has filed a patent application, and then makes amendments to the application to accommodate the patent law … Wikipedia
patent — 1. adj /peytant/ Open; manifest; evident; unsealed. Used in this sense in such phrases as patent ambiguity, patent writ, letters patent. noun /pabtsnt/ A grant of some privilege, property, or authority, made by the government or sovereign of a… … Black's law dictionary
prosecution — A criminal action; a proceeding instituted and carried on by due course of law, before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining the guilt or innocence of a person charged with crime. U. S. v. Reisinger, 128 U.S. 398, 9 S.Ct. 99, 32… … Black's law dictionary
