patentable invention
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Definitions from Case Law
From 303 U.S. 545 - Lincoln Engineering Co of Illinois v. Stewart-Warner Corporation · 1938Most cited · 1,242 citing opinions
The mere aggregation of a number of old parts or elements which, in the aggregation, perform or produce no new or different function or operation than that theretofore performed or produced by them, is not patentable invention.