Note: The Utility Requirement in the Patent Law

Name: Note: The Utility Requirement in the Patent Law
Cite: 53 Geo.L.J. 154
Year: 1964
Bluebook cite: Note, The Utility Requirement in the Patent Law, 53 Geo. L.J. 154 (1964)
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URL: http://heinonline.org/HOL/PDFsearchable?handle=hein.journals/glj53&collection=journals&id=182&print=38&sectioncount=1&ext=.pdf
Item Type: article
Summary: The article goes through the history of the utility requirement by reviewing positive and negative approaches to applying the utility requirement. The article articulates what an applicant must do or show to support the utility requirement during the application process. Finally, the article summarizes different views on the utility requirement (i.e. pharmaceuticals or chemical compounds) and the results of recent court decisions.

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