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NEW (law)


NEW. Something not known before. 2. To be patented, an invention must be new. When an invention has been 2. To be patented, an invention must be new. When an invention has been described in a printed book which has been publicly circulated, and described in a printed book which has been publicly circulated, and afterwards a person takes out a patent for it, his patent is invalid, afterwards a person takes out a patent for it, his patent is invalid, because the invention was not new, 7 Mann'