Valid and Enforceable Claim definition
Valid and Enforceable Claim means (i) a claim of any issued patent which has not expired, lapsed, or been held invalid, unpatentable or unenforceable by court or other authority of competent jurisdiction in the issuing country in a decision which is not subject to pending appeal or was not or is no longer appealable, or (ii) a claim in any pending patent application which has not been the subject of a final rejection notice from which an appeal cannot be taken or with respect to which the applicable period of appeal has expired.