Rodebaugh v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
37 F. 882 · 1889
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cited by 1 later decisions
May 1889
most recently cited
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Relies on Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Company v. Davis · Sargent v. Hall Safe & Lock Co. · Fay v. Cordesman · Leggett v. Avery · Ives v. Hamilton
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““That in patents for combinations of mechanism, limitations and provisos, imposed by the inventor, especially such as were introduced into an application after it had been persistently rejected, must be strictly construed against the inventor and in favor of the public, and looked upon as in the nature of disclaimers.”.”
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