patent monopoly scope
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 305 U.S. 47 - Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co. · 1938Most cited · 363 citing opinions
The patent monopoly does not extend beyond the invention described and explained as the statute requires; it cannot be enlarged by claims in the patent not supported by the description; and the application for a patent cannot be broadened by amendment so as to embrace an invention not described in the application as filed, at least when adverse rights of the public have intervened.
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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “patent monopoly scope” — 363 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.