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From 304 U.S. 364 - General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp. · 1938Most cited · 1,034 citing opinions

A patentee who does not distinguish his product from what is old except by reference, express or constructive, to the process by which he produced it, cannot secure a monopoly on the product by whatever means produced. 'Every patent for a product or composition of matter must identify it so that it can be recognized aside from the description of the process for making it, or else nothing can be held to infringe the patent which is not made by that process.

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