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FULLER v. YENTZER

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94 U.S. 288 (1877)

24 L.Ed. 103

FULLER, v. YENTZER.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 2, 1877.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.B. Barnum and Mr. E.N. Dickerson for the appellants.

Mr. Walter B. Scates, contra.

MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

Patents for a machine will not be sustained if the claim is for a result, the established rule being that the invention, if any, within the meaning of the Patent Act, consists in the means or apparatus by which the result is obtained, and not merely in the mode of operation, independent of the mechanical devices employed; nor will a patent be held valid for a principle or for an idea, or any other mere abstraction...

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