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Simple English definitions for legal terms

manufacture

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A quick definition of manufacture:

A manufacture is something that is made by people, not by nature. It can be anything that is created by a machine from raw materials. Examples of manufactures include chairs and tires. This is important in patents because it is one of the categories of inventions that can be patented. To be patentable, a manufacture must have a specific structure that is unique and different from other things. In simple terms, a manufacture is any human-made thing that is special and new.

A more thorough explanation:

Manufacture is a noun used in patents to describe something that is made or built by a human being, rather than something that occurs naturally. It refers to any material form that is produced by a machine from an unshaped composition of matter. Examples of manufactures include chairs and tires.

Manufactures are one of the categories of inventions that can be patented. To be patentable, a manufacture must have a definable structure that is claimed as its patentable characteristic. It must be a "thing" rather than a way or means. In summary, a patentable manufacture is any human-made structure that has inventive characteristics.

  • A chair is a manufacture because it is made by humans and has a definable structure that is claimed as its patentable characteristic.
  • A tire is a manufacture because it is made by humans and has a definable structure that is claimed as its patentable characteristic.
  • A rock is not a manufacture because it occurs naturally and is not made by humans.
  • A river is not a manufacture because it occurs naturally and is not made by humans.

The examples illustrate the definition of manufacture by showing what is and is not considered a manufacture. Chairs and tires are examples of manufactures because they are made by humans and have a definable structure that is claimed as their patentable characteristic. Rocks and rivers are not examples of manufactures because they occur naturally and are not made by humans.

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babycat
19:36
I feel like getting pregnant 1L year would be a really good bit
19:37
1L or 2nd year of employment seem preferential
babycat
19:40
yeah but that wouldn't really be funny
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:41
omg I think one of my 1L friends is pregnant but i don’t have evudence
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:41
she’s Catholic and married tho so she likely does not use birth control
babycat
19:42
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babycat
19:42
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JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:43
idk 21 and pregnant in law school does not sound idwal
babycat
19:44
pretending I'm Juno from the movie Juno except it's law school and not high school
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:45
omg I love jason Bateman
babycat
19:45
lowkey that movie happened to me once but without the pregnancy part
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:46
I’m not sure what part of the plot is left if you take out the pregnancy
Dkk
19:46
I am never gunna watch that movie.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
why not
babycat
19:47
too quirked up for a guy like him
Dkk
19:47
Yeah somethin like that.
Dkk
19:48
Did it win any awards?
Dkk
19:48
Hmm it won some.
babycat
19:48
yeah it got the Oscar for best writing lol
19:49
@Dkk: I just made a great personal pizza. Wish I could trade for a bowl of lob risotto
Dkk
19:51
Ahh you know I read the plot to that movie. Very sweet but I aint got time for that.
Dkk
19:51
@llama: lmfao, what did you put on the pizza?
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:51
jason bateman is <3
19:53
7cheese, pepperoni, parm
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:53
wouldn’t it be 8 cheese
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:53
parm is a cheese
19:54
Unassuming, but homemade crust. It’s poppin
19:55
Dolph u rite- parm is a hard cheese so it needs to be noted as a standalone
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