 | United States - 1971 - 1040 lapas
...validity ; defenses. A patent shall be presumed valid. Each claim of a patent (whether m Independent or dependent form) shall be presumed valid Independently of the validity of other claims; dependent claims shall be presumed valid even though dependent upon an Invalid claim. The burden of establishing... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - 148 lapas
...The preceding portion of that sentence has said : Each claim of a patent, whether in independent or dependent form, shall be presumed valid independently of the validity of other claims. And it seemed to us that the next statement which simply says, "dependent claims shall be presumed... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1973 - 732 lapas
...validity; defenses "(a) A patent shall be presumed valid. Each claim of a patent (whether in independent or dependent form) shall be presumed valid independently of the validity of other claims ; dependent claims shall be presumed valid even though dependent upon an invalid claim. The burden of establishing... | |
 | United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals - 1979 - 216 lapas
...presumption can be overcon.e only by clear and convincing evidence, ' 35 USC 282 provides in part: "A patent shall be presumed valid. Each claim of a...valid even though dependent upon an invalid claim. The burden of establishing invalidity of a patent or any claim thereof shall rest on the party asserting... | |
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A patent shall be presumed valid. Each claim of a patent (whether in independent, dependent, or multiple dependent form) shall be presumed valid independently of the validity of other claims; dependent or multiple dependent claims shall be presumed valid... 
