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operative
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operative
Med of or relating to a surgical procedure


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The term "useful" in this connection refers to the condition that the subject matter has a useful purpose and also includes operativeness, that is, a machine which will not operate to perform the intended purpose would not be called useflil, and therefore would not be granted a patent.
03 ("With the exception of cases involving perpetual motion, a model is not ordinarily required by the Office to demonstrate the operativeness of a device.
On ground of the existing empirical findings, it is likely that households belonging to the same extended family are linked through resource transfers with operativeness and/or effectiveness of the linkage being dependent on the financial status of the involved households.
 
 
 
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