· 11/21/1985
In Re Donald H. Thorpe
Citations
- 777 F.2d 695
- 227 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 964
- 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 15329
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “The patentability of a product does not depend on its method of production.”
- “[E]ven though product-by-process claims are limited by and defined by the process, determination of pat-entability is based on the product itself.”
- applying product-by-process analysis for “an otherwise pa- tentable product”
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Judges: Davis, Nichols, Newman
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