lack of utility rejection

Rejection of a patent claim on the ground that the invention is inoperative, frivolous, fraudulent, or against the public interest.

• The classic examples are perpetual-motion machines (inoperative), cures for the common cold (frivolous because believed impossible, and also probably fraudulent), and gambling devices (formerly seen as against the public interest). [Cases: Patents 46. C.J.S. Patents § 59.]

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译者李科，毕业于世界顶级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与国家安全审查相关的法律文件。