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Finally, an appeals board was instituted to hear claims from denied applicants. In 1842, the act was amended to provide for design patents, which are patents that protect the ornamental features of manufactured items. In 1870, the act was revised to require the applicant to present a more detailed description of the invention, as well as a more explicit claim of the subject-matter protection the inventor seeks.

In 1897, patent protection was barred for inventions described in a printed publication in the United States or a foreign country. The Plant Patent Act of 1930 allowed for the patenting of laboratory-derived hybrid plants that reproduce asexually. With the Great Depression, there arose greater public and judicial hostility to patents, as constituting restraints on business competition and trade. In the 1940’s, the courts began to require that a patent show more than mere novelty and usefulness.

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