Rowell v. Lindsay’s Empirical Analysis
6 F. 290 · 1881
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
October 1895
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Seymour v. Osborne · Gill v. Wells · Gould v. Rees · David Prouty John Mears v. Draper Ruggles · Vance v. Campbell
Most-quoted passages
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““It is a settled rule of law that, where a patent is for a combination of known parts, it is not infringed by the use of any number of the parts less than the whole; for the patent, in every such case, is for that identical combination, and nothing else, and a combination of any less number of parts is a different thing. The combination is an entirety. Unless it is maintained as such, the whole invention fails. If one of the elements is given up, the thing claimed disappears. The different parts may perform more or less important functions, but. each and all are essential to make the thing which the patentee has claimed as his invention.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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