method

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

Definitions from Case Law

From 561 U.S. 593 - Bilski v. Kappos · 2010Most cited · 353 citing opinions

a method of doing or conducting business." § 273(a)(3).

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

See "Process." METROPOLIS (Graeco-Lat. and Eng.) A mother city; one from which a colony was sent out. Calv. Lex. The capital of a province. Id.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The mode of operating, or the means of attaining an object. It has been questioned whether the method of making a thing can be patented. But it has been considered that a method or mode may be the subject of a patent, because when the object of two patents or effects to be produced is essentially the same, they may both be valid, if the modes of attaining the desired effect are essentially different B. & Aid. 350: 2 H. Blackst 492; 8 Term 106; 4 Burr. 2397. See Patent. METRE (Prom the Greek). A measure. See Measure. pacity, founded on the metre as a unl^ See Measubb.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In patent law. "Engine" and "method" mean the same thing, and may be the subject of a patent. Method, properly speaking, is only placing several things or performing several operations, in the most convenient order, but it may signify a contrivance or device. Fessen. Pat. 127; Horn-blower v. Boulton, 8 Term R. 106.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In patent law. “Engine” and “method” mean the same thing, and may be the subject of a patent. Method, properly speaking, is only placing several things, or performing several operations, in the must convenient order, but it may signify a contrivance or device. Fessen. Pat. 127; 8 Term R. 106.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Placing several things and performing several operations in the most ' Constitution, Art. II, sec. 3. " See 2 Story, Const., 4 ed. p. 368, note. • May, Parlm. Pr. Ch. 17. *Pflster D. Central Pacific R. Co., 70 Cal. 177 (18H6), Searls, C.; Act 4 April, 1861. Quotes Webster's Diet. ' Mess'-wage. F. mesuage, manor-house: L. L. masa, mansa, farm, dwelling. • Grimes v. Wilson, 4 Blaokf. 333 (1837), Dewey. J. See also 2 Bing. 617; 89 E. C. L. 433; 5 T. E. 48; Williams, R. P. 13. convenient order; also, a contrivance or device.' See Process, 3.