Scope of Legal Protection and Interpretation of Claims Sample Clauses

Scope of Legal Protection and Interpretation of Claims. The scope of legal protection conferred by a patent shall be determined by the claims. The description and drawings may be used to interpret the claims. Claims shall be considered to cover not only all the elements as expressed in the claims but also their equivalents. An element shall be considered as being equivalent to an element as expressed in a claim if: it performs substantially the same function in substantially the same way and produces substantially the same result as the element expressed in the claim; it is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the same result as that achieved by means of the element as expressed in the claim, can be achieved by means of the equivalent element. The State Patent Bureau shall take into consideration any statement of the applicant or the owner of the patent to limit the scope of the claims filed before the patent grant or within the patent validity term. If the patent description contains examples of the embodiment of the invention or examples of the functions or results of the invention, the claims shall not be interpreted as limited to such examples.
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  • Construction and Interpretation Should any provision of this Agreement require judicial interpretation, the parties hereto agree that the court interpreting or construing the same shall not apply a presumption that the terms hereof shall be more strictly construed against one party by reason of the rule of construction that a document is to be more strictly construed against the party that itself, or through its agent, prepared the same, and it is expressly agreed and acknowledged that Company and Executive and each of his and its representatives, legal and otherwise, have participated in the preparation hereof.

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  • Severability and Interpretation If a provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall nonetheless be enforceable according to their terms. Further, in the event that any provision is held to be overbroad as written, such provision shall be deemed amended to narrow its application to the extent necessary to make the provision enforceable according to law and enforced as amended.

  • Interpretation and Application For purposes of this Chapter:

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