Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Brenner v. Manson, 383 U.S. 519 (1966), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a novel process for making a known steroid did not satisfy the utility requirement because the patent applicants did not show that the steroid served any practical function. The Court ruled, "... a process patent in the chemical field, which has not been developed and pointed to the degree of specific utility, creates a monopoly of knowledge which should be granted only if clearly commanded by the statute." Practical or specific utility is the requirement for an invention to have a particular purpose.The case is known for the statement "a patent is not a hunting license" (383 U.S. 519, 536; 86 S.Ct. 1033, 1042).. }
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- Brenner_v._Manson abstract "Brenner v. Manson, 383 U.S. 519 (1966), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a novel process for making a known steroid did not satisfy the utility requirement because the patent applicants did not show that the steroid served any practical function. The Court ruled, "... a process patent in the chemical field, which has not been developed and pointed to the degree of specific utility, creates a monopoly of knowledge which should be granted only if clearly commanded by the statute." Practical or specific utility is the requirement for an invention to have a particular purpose.The case is known for the statement "a patent is not a hunting license" (383 U.S. 519, 536; 86 S.Ct. 1033, 1042).".