combination claim
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 303 U.S. 545 - Lincoln Engineering Co of Illinois v. Stewart-Warner Corporation · 1938Most cited · 1,242 citing opinions
improvement of one part
The improvement of one part of an old combination gives no right to claim that improvement in combination with other old parts which perform no new function in the combination.
How often courts cite the case defining “combination claim”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “combination claim” — 1,239 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.