☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Doctrine of Equivalents (Patent)

A patent infringement theory holding that a device or process infringes a patent if it performs substantially the same function in substantially the same way to achieve substantially the same result as the patented invention.

Etymology: English compound · Category: Patent Law · Source: Graver Tank v. Linde Air Products, 339 U.S. 605 (1950)
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