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Anderson’s Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Co., 396 U.S. 57 (1969)
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Anderson’s Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Co., 396 U.S. 57 (1969)
Anderson’s Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co., Inc. No. 45 Argued November 10, 1969 Decided December 8, 1969 396 U.S. 57
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
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Respondent brought this action for infringement of a patent for "Means for Treating Bituminous Pavement." The patent ought to solve the problem of a cold joint on "blacktop" paving by combining known elements, a radiant-heat burner, a spreader, and a tamper and screed, on one chassis. The District Court, finding that all the inventor had done was to construct known elements in the prior art on a single chassis, held the patent invalid. The Court of Appeals reversed.
Held: While the combination of old elements performed a useful and commercially successful function, it added nothing to the nature and quality of he previously patented radiant burner, and, to those killed in the art, the use of the old elements in combination was not all invention under the standard of 35 U.S.C. § 103. Pp. 59-63.
404 F.2d 450, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Anderson’s Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Co., 396 U.S. 57 (1969) in 396 U.S. 57 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QSYWT17IPLUMZMY.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Anderson’s Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Co., 396 U.S. 57 (1969), in 396 U.S. 57, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QSYWT17IPLUMZMY.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Anderson’s Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Co., 396 U.S. 57 (1969). cited in 1969, 396 U.S. 57. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QSYWT17IPLUMZMY.
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