 | United States. Patent Office - 1951 - 676 sider
...the original thought, a change only in form, proportions, or degree, the substitution of equivalents, doing substantially the same thing in the same way...substantially the same means with better results, is not such invention as will sustain a patent." See also Lehman v. Ripley et al., 3 F. (2d) 518 (8th... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1919 - 1154 sider
...mere carrying forward or new or more extended application of the original thought, a change only in degree, doing substantially the same thing in the...substantially the same means, with better results, is not such an invention as will sustain a patent. Smith v. Nicltolt, 88 US 21 Wall. 112 (22: 566);... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1895 - 1152 sider
...forward of the original thought 165 U. 8. a change only in form, proportions, or degree, doIng tbe same thing in the same way, by substantially the same means, with better results. Is not such an invention aa will sustain a patent. Belding Mfg. Co. v. Challenge Corn Planter Co. 152... | |
 | United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals - 1950 - 632 sider
...the original thought, a change only in form, proportions, or degree, the substitution of equivalents, doing substantially the same thing in the same way...substantially the same means with better results, is not such invention as will sustain a patent." See also Lehman v. Ripley et al., 3 F. (2d) 518 (8th... | |
 | 1893 - 506 sider
...the original thought, a change only in form, proportion or degree, the substitution of equivalents, doing substantially the same thing in the same way,...substantially the same means, with better results, is not such an invention aa will sustain a patent." The patent of Niles Granger, No. 80,623 (1868),... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1894 - 1228 sider
...the original thought, a change only in form, proportions, or degree, the substitution of equivalents, doing substantially the same thing in the same way, by substantially the same means, with belter results, was not such invention as would sustain a patent; and in Robert« v. Byer. 91 U. 8.... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - 1876 - 588 sider
...the original thought, a change only in form, proportions, or degree, the substitution of equivalents doing substantially the same thing in the same way, by substantially the sanie means, with better results, is not such invention as will sustain a patent. The rule applies... | |
 | 1927 - 534 sider
...original thought of using cardboard on the ends by making a slight change in construction, which did the same thing in the same way by substantially the same means, but with some increased capacity for usefulness. .... We hold that claim 3 of the patent is void for... | |
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But a mere carrying forward or new or more extended application of the original thought, a change only in form, proportions, or degree, the substitution of equivalents, doing substantially the same thing in the same way by substantially the same means... 
