Note: The Utility Requirement in the Patent Law

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Note: The Utility Requirement in the Patent Law

Cite

53 Geo.L.J. 154

Year

1964

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Note, The Utility Requirement in the Patent Law, 53 Geo. L.J. 154 (1964)

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http://heinonline.org/HOL/PDFsearchable?handle=hein.journals/glj53&collection=journals&id=182&print=38&sectioncount=1&ext=.pdf

Item Type

article

Summary

The article goes through the history of the utility requirement by reviewing positive and negative approaches to applying the utility requirement. The article articulates what an applicant must do or show to support the utility requirement during the application process. Finally, the article summarizes different views on the utility requirement (i.e. pharmaceuticals or chemical compounds) and the results of recent court decisions.

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