Sargent v. Covert’s Empirical Analysis
152 U.S. 516 · 1894
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
August 1948
most recently cited
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Relies on Covert v. Sargent
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““Each of these screws compresses the rope within the socket, but the Covert screw, being sharpened, penetrates further than the other. The change is in degree and not in function. * * * We are of the opinion upon this record that the alleged improvement was such a'one as would have 'occurred to any one practically interested in the subject, and that it did not involve such an exercise of the inventive faculty as entitled it to protection.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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