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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.

How often courts cite the case defining “patent monopoly scope”

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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.