Patent statute construction
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From 13 U.S. 199 - Evans v. Jordan · 1815Most cited · 18 citing opinions
The language of this last proviso is so precise, and so entirely free from all ambiguity, that it is difficult for any course of reasoning to shed light upon its meaning. . . . To extend it, by construction to acts which might be done subsequent to the issuing of the patent, would be to make, not to interpret the law.