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Actual Reduction Practice Requires Proof of Inventor's Appreciation that the Invention Would Work.

Publication: Mondaq Business Briefing
Publication Date: 11-NOV-02
Format: Online - approximately 621 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Actual Reduction Practice Requires Proof of Inventor's Appreciation that the Invention Would Work.(results from Slip Track Systems Inc. v. Metal Lite Inc. )

Article Excerpt
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has now held that a district court must define an invention in dispute prior to determining issues relating to conception and reduction to practice, and that for an actual reduction to occur, it must be established that the inventor appreciated that the invention will work for its intended purpose. Slip Track Systems, Inc. v. Metal Lite, Inc., Case No. 01-1187 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 11, 2002).

Slip Track Systems, Inc. ("Slip Track"), owner of U.S. Patent No. 5,127,760 ("the Slip Track Patent"), instituted an...

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