written description requirement
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From 305 U.S. 47 - Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co. · 1938Most cited · 363 citing opinions
The object of the statute is to require the patentee to describe his invention so that others may construct and use it after the expiration of the patent and 'to inform the public during the life of the patent of the limits of the monopoly asserted, so that it may be known which features may be safely used or manufactured without a license and which may not.