disclaimer by amendment
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From 315 U.S. 126 - Exhibit Supply Co. v. Ace Patents Corp. · 1942Most cited · 656 citing opinions
By the amendment he recognized and emphasized the difference between the two phrases and proclaimed his abandonment of all that is embraced in that difference. The difference which he thus disclaimed must be regarded as material, and since the amendment operates as a disclaimer of that difference it must be strictly construed against him