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combination of old elements

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From 204 U.S. 609 - Computing Scale Company of America v. Automatic Scale Company · 1907Most cited · 200 citing opinions

While a combination of old elements producing a new and useful result will be patentable, yet, where the combination is merely the assembling of old elements producing no new and useful result, invention is not shown.