commercial success
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From 335 U.S. 560 - Jungersen v. Ostby & Barton Co. · 1949Most cited · 559 citing opinions
In cases where the question of patentable invention is a close one, such success has weight in tipping the scales of judgment toward patentability. Where, as here, however, invention is plainly lacking, commercial success cannot fill the void.