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PART II—PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS CHAPTER 10. PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS 11. APPLICATION FOB P A T E N T 12. EXAMINATION OF APPLICATIONS 13. REVIEW OF P A T E N T OFFICE D E C I S I O N S 14. I S S U E OF P A T E N T 15. P L A N T P A T E N T S 16. D E S I G N S 17. SECRECY OF CERTAIN INVENTIONS AND F I L I N G APPLICATIONS AHKOAU
Sec. 100 111 131 141 151 161 171 ISl
CHAPTER 10—PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS Sec. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104.
Definitions. Inventions patentable. Conditions for p a t e n t a b i l i t y; novelty and loss of right to pnteiit. Conditions for p a t e n t a b i l i t y; non-obvious subject inattei-. Invention m a d e abroad.
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§ 100. Definitions When used in this title unless the context otherwise indicates— (a) The term "invention" means invention or discovery. (b) The term "process" means process, art or method, and includes a new use of a known process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, or material. (c) The terms "United States" and "this country" mean the United States of America, its territories and possessions. (d) The word "patentee" includes not only the patentee to whom the patent was issued but also the successors in title to the patentee. § 101. Inventions patentable Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improveQient thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. § 102. Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss of right to patent A person shall be entitled to a patent unless— (a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or (b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States, or (c) he has abandoned the invention, or (d) the invention was first patented or caused to be patented by the applicant or his legal representatives or assigns in a foreign country prior to the date of the application for patent in this country on an application filed more than twelve months before the filing of the application in the United States, or (e) the invention was described in a patent granted on an application for patent by another filed in the United States before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or (f) he did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented, or (g) before the applicant's invention thereof the invention was made in this country by another who had not abandoned, suppressed, or concealed it. In determining priority of invention there shall be con-
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