Anticipate
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
anticipate
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1 : to bar or invalidate (a patent) by anticipation [the patent on the compound had been anticipated by the Beilstein reference "Misani v. Ortho Pharm. Corp., 210 A.2d 609 (1965)"]
2 : to negate the novelty of (an invention) by its appearance in prior art [appeared to have anticipated a variable light makeup mirror "Wilson v. Bristol-Myers Co., 503 N.Y.S.2d 334 (1986)"]
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