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Invention, 'invention' means any manner of new manufacture and includes an improvement and an allied invention'. [s. 2(8) of 1911 Act.] It is to be noted that unlike the Patents Act, 1970, the Act of 1911 does not specify the requirement of being useful in the definition of 'invention'. But Courts have always taken the view that a patentable invention, apart from being a new manufacture, must also be useful. The foundation for this judicial interpretation is to be found in the fact that s. 26(1)(f) of the 1911 Act recognises lack of utility as one of the grounds on which a patent can be revoked, M/s. Bishwanath Prasad Radhey Shyam v. Hindustan Metal Industries, AIR 1982 SC 1444: (1979) 2 SCC 511.Means a new produan inven-tive step and capable of industrial application. [Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (j)]...


invention

invention : a device, process, or discovery under U.S. patent law that is new and useful, that reflects extraordinary creative ability or skill, and that makes a distinct and recognized contribution to and advancement of science ;also : the act or process of creating such an invention compare aggregation, combination, equivalent ...


Inventive

Able and apt to invent quick at contrivance ready at expedients as an inventive head or genius...


Inventive step

Inventive step, means a feature that makes the invention not obvious to a person skilled in the art. [Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (ja)]...


invent

invent : to create or produce for the first time in·ven·tor n ...


Inventer

One who invents...


Inventful

Full of invention...


Inventible

Capable of being invented...


Inventibleness

Quality of being inventible...


Invention, title by

Invention, title by, the mode of acquiring an owner-ship in patent-rights and copyrights. See COPY-RIGHT and LETTERS PATENT....


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