In re Haas’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. ““With respect to appellant’s claim that he was the first to appreciate the fact that in slicing bread it was the knives or blades carrying mold spores and other microorganisms into the interior of the loaf that caused the rapid development of mold and Other deteriorating organisms between the slices, we are of the opinion that this was merely the ascertainment, o.f a scientific fact.' This being true, we are in agreement with the Patent Office tribunals that there is nothing in any of said claims describing Structure or method that, in view of the references, would not be obvious to one Skilled in the art, without the exercise of the inventive faculty. « “While appellant’s apparatus and methods are no doubt novel in the sense that the complete structure and steps are not shown in the prior art,, that is not sufficient to make the claims patentable,’ there is also required the. exercise of the inventive faculty. Thompson v. Boisselier et al., 114 U.S. 1 , 5 S.Ct. 1042 , 29 L.Ed. 76 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kalich v. Paterson Pacific Parchment Co.