Application of Homer E. Allen, Deceased, by Helen M. Allen’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
July 2007
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Miller v. Eagle Manuf'G Co · Kropa v. Robie · In re Robeson · In re Zickendraht · In re Siu
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“Thus, as I interpret the majority opinion, an applicant would be allowed to patent a chemical combination, e.g., a wonder drug and a suitable carrier for the drug, and then later to patent the drug alone based upon an application filed after the combination application. Seventeen years after the combination of drug and carrier had been patented, the public would still not be free to use the drug with the carrier or in any other obvious manner because of the dominance of the later issued patent to the drug alone. That result is an unlawful extension of the patent. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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