Determining infringement of your patent requires looking at the accused product and determining if each limitation of your claim is present within the product. There are two types of infringement: literal infringement, and infrignement under the Doctrine of Equivalents (DOE).

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0:00 Introduction
0:18 Your invention is defined by the claims in your patent
0:21 Infringing a patent means infringing the claims
0:38 An infringing product must include all limitations of your claim
1:05 Claim limitations must "read upon" the accused product
3:25 2 Types of infringement: literal and Doctrine of Equivalents
4:15 Infringement under the Doctrine of Equivalents
7:17 Summary of 2 types of infringement
7:53 Another classic example of DOE infringement

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