disclaimer statute
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From 294 U.S. 477 - Altoona Publix Theatres, Inc. v. American Tri-Ergon Corp. · 1935Most cited · 768 citing opinions
While this statute affords a wide scope for relinquishment by the patentee of part of the patent mistakenly claimed, where the effect is to restrict or curtail the monopoly of the patent, it does not permit the addition of a new element to the combination previously claimed, whereby the patent originally for one combination is transformed into a new and different one for the new combination.