READ ON

read on,vb. Patents. 1. (Of a patent claim) to contain all the same features of (a prior-art

reference). • If the patent claim reads on the prior art, the claim has been anticipated and the patent

will be denied. See ANTICIPATED. [Cases: Patents 72(1). C.J.S. Patents § 31.] 2. (Of a patent

claim) to describe an infringing product or process. • If all the patent claims read on the other

product, that product infringes the patent. — Also termed read into; recite. [Cases: Patents 226.6.

C.J.S. Patents § 415.] [Blacks Law 8^th]