...Appiica- eral government. Application is made, in writing, "on- to the Commissioner of Patents, by the person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement on any art, machine, manufacture, or composition...

...Section 4886, 35 USC 31, was as follows in 1921 at the time of Steinberger's application for his patent: Any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvements thereof, not known or used by others in...

...improved. Such a ruling would contravene the right given by the statute. Section 4886 provides that — any person who has invented or discovered any new...improvement thereof * * * may obtain a patent therefor. The improvement would be the invention and would endure for the period given to it by law. Besides,...

...Statutes, (16 Stat., sec. 24, p. 201; sec. 61, p. 208; Comp. St., 1916, sees. 9430, 9466.) Section 4886 provides: Any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, * * * not known or used by others in this country, and not patented, or described...

...the shortest term and in no case shall it be in forcernore than seventeen years. Section 4886 reads: Any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, not known or used by others in...

...the short*t term and in no case shall it be in forcetnore than seventeen years. Section 4886 reads: Any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, sannfactiire or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, lot known or used...

...44. Unity or diversity of invention. 45. Division of the application. 17. WHAT MAY BE PATENTED. — Any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, not known or used by others in...

...44. Unity or diversity of invention. 45. Division of the application. 17. WHAT MAY BE PATENTED. — Any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, not known or used by others in...

...time without any advantageous results. APPLICANTS. Rev. stat, sec. 24. A patent may be obtained by any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, not known or used by others in...

...our present system of patents. Under the law as it now stands, any person, whether citizen or alien, who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement on an existing art, machine, manufacture,...