aggregation
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 340 U.S. 147 - Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp. · 1950Most cited · 2,618 citing opinions
The mere aggregation of a number of old parts or elements which, in the aggregation, perform or produce no new or different function or operation than that theretofore performed or produced by them, is not patentable invention.
How often courts cite the cases defining “aggregation”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “aggregation” — 4,712 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases 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.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1950–1969
Aggregation has been permitted only (1) in cases in which a single plaintiff seeks to aggregate two or more of his own claims against a single defendant and (2) in cases in which two or more plaintiffs unite to enforce a single title or right in which they have a common and undivided interest.