| Thronson, Roth, Grossman - 1403 lapas
...matter, the definition begins and ends with 35 USC section 101, which defines the concept in broad terms: Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process,...machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful 69 Id. at 1063-64, 46 USPQ2d at 1100. 70 See id. at 1064, 46 USPQ2d at 1101. improvement... | |
| J. P. Roelofse - 2006 - 268 lapas
...as the secret is kept confidential. LL • Patents. Patents protect an invention. lnventions include any new and useful process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter or any new and useful improvement on any of the above. Patents must be new, useful and non-obvious. c... | |
| Juanita M. Branes - 2007 - 182 lapas
..."invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or any composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefore, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title." [19] An invention that falls within one... | |
| Jasper A. Bovenberg - 2006 - 226 lapas
...that the invention constitutes patentable subject matter. 59 Patentable subject matter is defined as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof." 60 In a series of cases the US judiciary has interpreted this... | |
| Gustavo Ghidini - 2006 - 177 lapas
...justified, and consequently call for a wider definition of patentability as provided by US legislation ('any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof . . .', 35 USC Sec. 101; emphasis added). 8. Are these feared... | |
| Sarfaraz K. Niazi - 2006 - 470 lapas
...patent for an idea or mere suggestion. Patents are granted to people who (claim to) "invent or discover any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof," to quote the essence of the US statute governing patents.... | |
| R. Keith Sawyer - 2006 - 363 lapas
...States Patent and Trademark Office Web site tells us what it takes for an innovation to be patentable: Any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof (from http://www. uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/what.htm... | |
| John I. Gallin, Frederick P Ognibene - 2011 - 448 lapas
...introduces the concept of obviousness. 5. 35 USC 101: CONCEPTS OF NEW AND USEFUL Section 101 states, "Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process,...improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefore, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title." Patent law thus sets forth statutory categories... | |
| Bruce Abramson - 2007 - 428 lapas
...algorithms. Judge Rich derived the patentability of business methods from the statutory pronouncement: "Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process,...and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title."15 From there, he reasoned: The... | |
| Judith Roof - 2007 - 256 lapas
...build from a tree, but you cannot patent the tree itself."43 US patent law provides the following: "Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process,...and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title." This provides patent holders with... | |
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