Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents and of the United States Courts in Patent and Trade-mark and Copyright CasesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 - Copyright "Compiled from Official gazette. Beginning with 1876, the volumes have included also decisions of United States courts, decisions of Secretary of Interior, opinions of Attorney-General, and important decisions of state courts in relation to patents, trade-marks, etc. 1869-94, not in Congressional set." Checklist of U. S. public documents, 1789-1909, p. 530. |
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... Decided December 18 , 1876 . An improvement of an existing device rendering its parts more adjustable in a manner well known , and by the exercise of mechanical skill and judgment alone , is not patentable . The change of location of an ...
... Decided December 18 , 1876 . An improvement of an existing device rendering its parts more adjustable in a manner well known , and by the exercise of mechanical skill and judgment alone , is not patentable . The change of location of an ...
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... Decided December 23 , 1876 . In an interference all questions affecting the patentability of the subject - matter , the propriety of the interference , and the form of the declaration must be disposed of before the expiration of the ...
... Decided December 23 , 1876 . In an interference all questions affecting the patentability of the subject - matter , the propriety of the interference , and the form of the declaration must be disposed of before the expiration of the ...
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... decided not to be patentable , an appeal may be taken to the Commissioner in person . If the parties fail to make objections during this time they must be considered as having waived them and as consenting to the interference ...
... decided not to be patentable , an appeal may be taken to the Commissioner in person . If the parties fail to make objections during this time they must be considered as having waived them and as consenting to the interference ...
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... Decided January 15 , 1877 . The substitution in a can - opener of one form of cutting - edge for another , without thereby producing a new combination or result as proof of invention , is not patent- able . C. W. M. SMITH and GEO . W ...
... Decided January 15 , 1877 . The substitution in a can - opener of one form of cutting - edge for another , without thereby producing a new combination or result as proof of invention , is not patent- able . C. W. M. SMITH and GEO . W ...
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... Decided January 16 , 1877 . · The mere fact that an article can be made upon an improved machine capable of gen- eral use , and not specially adapted for the production of this particular article , is not sufficient to establish such ...
... Decided January 16 , 1877 . · The mere fact that an article can be made upon an improved machine capable of gen- eral use , and not specially adapted for the production of this particular article , is not sufficient to establish such ...
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Page 130 - Whenever an application is made for a patent which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, would interfere with any pending application, or with any unexpired patent, he shall give notice thereof to the applicants, or applicant and patentee, as the case may be.
Page 247 - The several courts vested with jurisdiction of cases arising under the patent laws shall have power to grant injunctions according to the course and principles of courts of equity, to prevent the violation of any right secured by patent, on such terms as the court may deem reasonable...
Page 249 - A process is a mode of treatment of certain materials to produce a given result. It is an act or a series of acts, performed upon the subject matter to be transformed and reduced to a different state or thing.
Page 60 - The office of a trademark is to point out distinctively the origin, or ownership of the article to which it is affixed ; or, in other words, to give notice who was the producer.
Page 250 - If new and useful, it is just as patentable as is a piece of machinery. In the language of the patent law, it is an art. The machinery pointed out as suitable to perform the process may or may not be new or patentable; whilst the process itself may be altogether new, and produce an entirely new result. The process requires that certain things should be done with certain substances, and in a certain order ; but the tools to be used in doing this may be of secondary consequence.
Page 262 - ... but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause...
Page 77 - No person shall be debarred from receiving a patent for his invention or discovery, nor shall any patent be declared invalid by reason of its having been first patented or caused to be patented in a foreign country...
Page 389 - ... shall fully explain the principle, and the several modes in which he has contemplated the application of that principle, or character by which it may be distinguished from other inventions; and shall particularly specify and point out the part, improvement, or combination, which he claims as his own invention or discovery.
Page 213 - Office a written description of the same, and of the manner and process of making, constructing, compounding, and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it appertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make, construct, compound, and use the same...
Page 174 - The use of one material instead of another in constructing a known machine is, in most cases, so obviously a matter of mere mechanical judgment, and not of invention, that it cannot be called an invention, unless some new and useful result, as increase of efficiency, or a decided saving in the operation, be obtained.