Legal Opinion
Diamond v. Diehr
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 3, 1981No. 79-1112PublishedCited by 486 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
We granted certiorari to determine whether a process for curing synthetic rubber which includes in several of its steps the use of a mathematical formula and a programmed digital computer is patentable subject matter under 35 IT. S. C. § 101.
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The patent application at issue was filed by the respondents on August 6, 1975. The claimed invention is a process for molding raw, uncured synthetic rubber into cured precision products. The process uses a mold for precisely shaping the uncured material under heat and pressure and then curing the synthetic rubber in the mold so that the product will…
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