patentable process

  • 1patentable process — A new and useful method of treatment of certain materials to produce a particular result or product. Holland Furniture Co. v Perkins Glue Co. 277 US 245, 72 L Ed 868, 48 S Ct 474 …

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  • 2process — pro·cess / prä ˌses, prō / n 1: a continuous operation, art, or method esp. in manufacture whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process...may obtain a patent therefor U.S. Code 2 a: procedure (1) see also …

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  • 3process — A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; method, mode or operation, whereby a result or effect is produced; normal or actual course of procedure; regular proceeding, as, the process of… …

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  • 4Patentable subject matter — Patent law (patents for inventions) …

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  • 5patentable — Possessing the requisites of utility, novelty, and invention which entitle one to a patent. 40 Am J1st Pat § 21. Referring to a result, together with ingenuity in bringing it about. National Cash Register Co. v Boston Cash Indicator & Recorder Co …

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  • 6secret process — A mechanical or industrial process of value as an improvement of product or in an increase of production per unit of time. 52 Am J1st Tradem § 138. Such a method of manufacture or operation in the production of a commercial product as is… …

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  • 7Software patent — Computer programs, software and patent law Topics …

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  • 8Gottschalk v. Benson — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Gottschalk v. Benson ArgueDate=October 16 ArgueYear=1972 DecideDate=November 20 DecideYear=1972 FullName=Gottschalk, Acting Commissioner of Patents v. Benson, et al. Citation=93 S. Ct. 253; 34 L. Ed. 2d 273; 1972 U.S. LEXIS… …

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  • 9patent — patentable, adj. patentability, n. patentably, adv. patently, adv. /pat nt/ or, for 10, 12 15, /payt /; esp. Brit. /payt nt/, n. 1. the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain …

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  • 10Glossary of patent legal concepts — Patent law (patents for inventions) …

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