Ramirez v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis
457 F.2d 267 · 1972
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 1 (American Inventors Protection Act of 1999) · 35 U.S.C. § 101 · 35 U.S.C. § 103
Relies on Graham v. John Deere Company of Kansas City Calmar Inc · Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co. · Julia Hotchkiss Executrix of John Hotchkiss Deceased John Davenport and John Quincy v. Miles Greenwood · Hobbs v. United States · Beckman Instruments, Inc., and Leland C. Clark, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. Chemtronics, Inc. And J. Ryan Neville, Defendants-Appellees-Cross
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“[S]ection 102, which pertains to novelty, requires that the patentee be the original inventor of the object claimed in his patent, and also that the invention not have been known or used by others before his discovery of it. . Fur thermore the prior art is to be considered as covering all uses to which it could have been put.”
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