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Definition of Overclaiming
1. overclaim [v] - See also: overclaim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overclaiming
Literary usage of Overclaiming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Patents for Inventions, Familiarly Explained for the Use of by William Carpmael (1852)
"... improvement by other persons: thus are patents made weak by overclaiming, and,
consequently, are declared void when they come into a Court of Law. ..."
2. The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art (1842)
"He was thus cooped up in a dilemma ; if he did not claim the whole of his invention,
from a fear of overclaiming, he of course lost his right to that which ..."
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