valid claims
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 276 U.S. 560 - Work v. Braffet · 1928Most cited · 30 citing opinions
Leasing Act
The reference in section 37 to valid claims 'thereafter maintained in compliance with the laws under which initiated, which claims may be perfected under such laws, including discovery,' at least suggests that they embrace only such substantial claims as would on compliance with the provisions of the former law ripen into ownership; such claims as might be acquired under the mining laws by location, possession and development which, if continued to discovery and entry, would entitle the claimant to a patent.
How often courts cite the case defining “valid claims”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “valid claims” — 30 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.