Meaning of teach away | Babel Free

Definitions

In patent law, to describe the solution to a problem in a way that excludes a particular alternative to solving that problem addressed by a later invention.

Examples

“A statement that a particular combination is not a preferred embodiment does not teach away absent clear discouragement of that combination.”

“By focusing specifically on the Weissman method, which arguably taught away from the invention, the Federal Circuit court avoided to discuss the more general prior art probing methods the applicants had actually used.”

“Disclosed examples and preferred embodiments do not constitute a teaching away from a broader disclosure or nonpreferred embodiments.”

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