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    • Seymore, Sean B. (Washington University Law Review, 2019)
      It is a bedrock principle of patent law that an inventor need not understand how or why an invention works. The patent statute simply requires that the inventor explain how to make and use the invention. But explaining how ...
    • Seymore, Sean B. (Notre Dame Law Review, 2017)
      It is axiomatic that once an invention has been patented, it cannot be patented again. This aligns with the quid pro quo theory of patents — the public would receive nothing new in exchange for the second patent. Enforcing ...