Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• combination not patentable if the elements “produce no new or different function or operation than that theretofore performed or produced by them”
• combination not patentable if the elements \produce no new or different function or operation than that theretofore performed or produced by them\
• “If this [new feature] were so vital an element ... it is strange that all mention of it was omitted [in the specification].”
• \If this [new feature] were so vital an element ... it is strange that all mention of it was omitted [in the specification].\
• “If this were so vital an element in the functioning of the apparatus, it is strange that all mention of it was omitted.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).