prosecution history
(US, legal) The record of the examination of a patent application, including the original application, responses made by the examiner, and amendments made by the applicant to address objections raised
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(US, legal) The record of the examination of a patent application, including the original application, responses made by the examiner, and amendments made by the applicant to address objections raised by the examiner.
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