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Patent exhaustion is a U.S. common law doctrine limiting the scope of control
that a patent holder can have after the "authorized sale" of a patented object.
Under the doctrine, an authorized sale "exhausts" and thus entirely removes
the ability of the patent older to use the threat of patent infringement to
the ability of the patent holder to use the threat of patent infringement to
control the use and sale of the sold object. The purchaser is free to *use* or
*resell* the patented object without restrictions based in patent law.[^Repair]
This right to use and resell the object extends to subsequent purchasers, even
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