“prosecution history estoppel”申请经过的不容否认。
一项禁止专利申请人在申请专利过程中提出其先前未提出或已放弃的权利的原则。其依据是,专利申请与授予是一项单方程序,权利要求书、说明书和补正书等专利申请文件都是由申请人自己拟就,故申请人应受其已作决定的拘束,在以后修改权利要求等活动中,不得推翻其已向专利局作出的陈述,即使其修改权利要求系由于审查员的错误驳回亦然。这一原则的效力在于将专利权利的范围限于申请人已提出或修改的权利要求以内。Prosecution history estoppel is the principle that statements used in communications between a patent attorney and a patent Examiner at the USPTO can and will be used against an Applicant if a patent is litigated. Patent history estoppel can be used against an Applicant to disavow claim scope through the interpretation of limitations within claims.
“file wrapper estoppel”专利申请记录不容反悔原则。
file wrapper指专利申请记录,其中记载了专利申请与授予的全部过程,包括申请人的权利要求书、修改书、各种陈述与回答等。按照这项原则,专利权申请人为避免申请被驳回而限制或变更权利要求范围的,事后不得扩大其权利范围,不得将其权利保护范围扩大至已被排除的事项、不得延长专利权期限。File wrapper estoppel, a well-known doctrine under U.S. patent law, is based on the general principle that an applicant cannot make representations to the patent office to avoid refusal of a patent application, and then during litigation of the patent, assert that the patent covers features of the invention conceded during prosecution.
以下为相关双语示例,供参考:
Prosecution history estoppel function lies in the accurate definition patent protection range, and not just a kind of defense just.
申请经过的不容否认这一原则的作用在于准确界定专利权保护范围,而不只是一种抗辩权而已。
File wrapper estoppel in national patent infringement litigation has been widely used.
不容反悔原则在各国的专利侵权诉讼中得到了广泛的应用。