Definition of DOUBLE PATENTING in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DOUBLE PATENTING
The test respecting "double patenting" is whether the claims of both patents, when properly construed in the light of the descriptions given, define essentially the same things. Waterbury Buckle Co. v. G. E. Prentice Mfg. Co., D.C.Conn., 294 F. 930, 937. Occurs only when claims of two patents issued to one applicant are the same. Scharf v. Weinfeld & Kahn, D.C. N.Y., 31 F.Supp. 689, 692.
The imposition of the same tax, by the same taxing power, upon the same subject matter. City of Philadelphia v. Heinel Motors, 16 A.2d 761, 764, 142 Pa.Super. 493. People ex rel. Toman v. Advance Heating Co., 376 Ill. 158, 33 N.E.2d 206, 209, 210.
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