In re Richards’s Empirical Analysis
187 F.2d 643 · 1951
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
February 1968
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on In re Henschell · In re Molyneaux · In re Lane
Most-quoted passages
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“The right of an applicant to a patent is dependent not only upon the new and unobvious results his device will produce, but also upon whether or not the claims recite structure which would bring about those results. This court has held that the right of an applicant to a patent depends, not only on what his device will do but what he claims for it. [Citation omitted.] The court has also held that the particular feature or fact upon which an applicant predicates patentability must not only be disclosed in the specification but also brought out in the claims. [Citations omitted.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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