Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Company

Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Company (1969)
the Supreme Court of the United States

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Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co., 396 U.S. 57 (1969), is a 1969 decision of the United States Supreme Court on the legal standard governing the obviousness of claimed inventions. It stands for the proposition that, when old elements are combined in a way such that they do not interact in a novel, unobvious way, then the resulting combination is obvious and therefore unpatentable.

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396 U.S. 57

Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Company

Argued: Nov. 10, 1969. --- Decided: Dec 8, 1969

Alan W. Borst, New York City, for petitioner.

Walter J. Blenko, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for respondent.

Mr. Justice DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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