A Review of Recent Decisions of the US Ct of Apps for the Fed. Cir.: Practical Utility is Useless

Name: A Review of Recent Decisions of the US Ct of Apps for the Fed. Cir.: Practical Utility is Useless
Cite: 36 Am. U. L. Rev. 811
Year: 1987
Bluebook cite: Eric P. Mirabel, A Review of Recent Decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: "Practical Utility" is a Useless Concept, 36 Am. U. L. Rev. 811 (1987).
Author: Eric P. Mirabel
URL: 36 Am. U. L. Rev. 811
Item Type: article
Summary: This article argues that the original interpretation of utility by the court was when the court held "a process which operated as disclosed to produce a known product is 'useful' within the meaning of section 101." Therefore, the article argues that succeeding interpretations provide unintended meanings of utility.