試題詳解

21 On claim drafting, a patent applicant sometimes uses a term in a manner leading to an either more restrictive or expansive meaning than its ordinary construction. Such a phenomenon in the patent practice means that _______ may be followed to define patent claims. Choose the one phrase that best completes the above sentence.
(A) the prosecution history
(B) the inventor’s lexicography
(C) the expert’s testimony
(D) the prior art