 | Paul Goldstein - 2007 - 268 lapas
...patent law is its breadth of coverage. Not only has Congress historically cast the patent net widely — "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof" — but courts, led by the Supreme Court, have read the terms... | |
 | William S. Bainbridge - 2007 - 357 lapas
...other than individuals [22], and in fact this is usually the case. Patentable inventions are defined as "...any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new improvement thereof... [23, p. 102] " To sum it up, patentable matter includes "anything under... | |
 | Van Lindberg - 2008 - 394 lapas
...and Utility Because this section is so short and so important, it is reproduced here in its entirety: §101. Inventions patentable Whoever invents or discovers...and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefore [sic], subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. The first important point... | |
 | H. Ward Classen - 2007 - 670 lapas
...provided for under United States law that are applicable to software. (a) Patents Patents are granted on "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof." 35 USC § 101. A patent is an exclusive right to practice... | |
 | Sharon K. Sandeen - 2007 - 270 lapas
...utility patents; (2) design patents; and (3) [botanical] plant patents. Utility patents are available for "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof. . . ,"22 Design patents are available to protect "any new,... | |
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Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subiect to the conditions and requirements of this title. 
