At 06:57 PM 8/24/2004, you wrote:
>    With regard to a patent: infringement is the unauthorized making, =
>using or selling for practical use, or for profit, of an invention =
>covered by a valid claim of a patent during the life of a patent.  It =
>may involve any one or all of the acts of making, using or selling.=20

Does this really mean that unauthorized manufacturing of the patented
substance for practical use could be considered a violation of the
patent?  That would be a very slippery slope, now wouldn't it?

Cheri in MN
lay breastfeeding counselor who reads a lot, but posts infrequently  :-)

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