In re Herthel’s Empirical Analysis
104 F.2d 824 · 1939
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
June 1949
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Loom Company v. Higgins · Reckendorfer v. Faber · Pickering v. McCullough · Sachs v. Hartford Electric Supply Co. · Burdett-Rowntree Mfg. Co. v. Standard Plunger Elevator Co.
Most-quoted passages
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““We have not dealt with the defendant’s argument that the first patent is for an ‘aggregation.’ Frankly, we are unable to attach a definite meaning to that word. The notion that the parts of an invention must co-operate is certainly very persisting in the patent law, and it must correspond to some underlying idea. So far as it means that the whole complex claimed must be a unit in use, each part of which shall be necessary to the common result, we can understand it. * * * ” (Italics ours.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. In re Lewis
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