ANTLIKE PERSISTENCY

antlike persistency.Patents. Slang. The steady tenacity of a patent solicitor who tries to wear

down the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by prosecuting patent claims until the PTO eventually

relents. • Judge Learned Hand coined this pejorative expression in Lyon v. Boh, 1 F.2d 48, 49–50

(S.D.N.Y. 1924). [Blacks Law 8th]