Hotchkiss v. Greenwood
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Hotchkiss v. Greenwood, 52 U.S. 248
(1850) is a United States Supreme Court case of 1850. It was the first US Supreme Court case to introduce the concept of non-obviousness as patentability requirement in United States patent law
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Case citation
Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported...
(1850) is a United States Supreme Court case of 1850. It was the first US Supreme Court case to introduce the concept of non-obviousness as patentability requirement in United States patent law
United States patent law
United States patent law was established "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;" as provided by the United States Constitution. Congress implemented these...
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