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(Message started by: jmc on May 17^th, 2007, 10:24am)

Title: doctrine of equivalents
Post by jmc on May 17^th, 2007, 10:24am

when to claim?

Title: Re: doctrine of equivalents
Post by Wiscagent on May 17^th, 2007, 11:38am

sooner or later!

Title: Re: doctrine of equivalents
Post by JSonnabend on May 18^th, 2007, 11:17am

on 05/17/07 at 10:24:15, jmc wrote:

when to claim?

That's not much of question. When to claim what? In what context?

The D of E arises in litigation. It's an argument made by a patentee asserting that a product/method that avoids literal infringement should nonetheless be found to infringe.

- Jeff