Patents-Judicial Legislation

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Abstract

One Deitch conceived an invention in 1912; Doulett conceived the same idea in 1913; Muther conceived it in January, 1914, and Glines in March, 1914. All filed applications for a patent at about the same time, August, 1914, and interference proceedings were begun to determine the right to a patent. Under the express wording of the Patent Act the answer would seem clear. It provides, R. S. 4886, that "any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, * * * not known or used by others in this country, before his invention or discovery thereof, * * * and not in public use or on sale in this country for more than two years prior to his application," shall be entitled to a patent, "unless (the invention) is proved to have been abandoned."

Recommended Citation

Patents-Judicial Legislation, 21 Mich. L. Rev. 205 (1922).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol21/iss2/7