reduced to practice
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 276 U.S. 358 - Corona Cord Tire Co. v. Dovan Chemical Corp. · 1928Most cited · 696 citing opinions
A process is reduced to practice when it is successfully performed. A machine is reduced to practice when it is assembled, adjusted and used. A manufacture is reduced to practice when it is completely manufactured. A composition of matter is reduced to practice when it is completely composed.
How often courts cite the case defining “reduced to practice”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “reduced to practice” — 696 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.