Elliott Core Drilling Co. v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate ·

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1. ““A mere carrying forward of the original thought, a change only in form, proportions, or degree, doing the same .thing in the same way, by substantially the same means, with.; better results, is not such an inven-/. tion as will sustain a patent. Roberts v. Ryer, 91 U.S. 150 , 23 L.Ed. 267 ; Belding Mfg. Co. v. Challenge Corn-Planter Co., 152 U.S. 100 , 14 S.Ct. 492 , 38 L.Ed. 370 ; Market St. Cable Ry. Co. v. Rowley, 155 U.S. 621, 629 , 15 S.Ct. 224 , 39 L.Ed. 284 ; Railroad Supply Co. v. Elyria Iron [& Steel] Co., 244 U.S. 285, 292 , 37 S.Ct. 502 , 61 L.Ed. 1136 .” See to the same effect: Dailey v. Lipman Wolfe & Co., 9 Cir., 88 F.2d 362 , at page 365; Photochart v. Photo Patrol, 9 Cir., 189 F.2d 625 , at pages 627-628; Marquis v. Los Angeles City School, 9 Cir., 100 F.2d 788 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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