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useful
adjective advantageous, advisable, applicable, appropriate, befitting, beneficial, commodious, conducive, congruous, constructive, contributing, convenient, decent, desirable, doable, effective, efficacious, employable, expedient, favorable, feasible, fit, fitting, functional, good, handy, instrumental, of use, opportune, positive, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, remedial, rewarding, right, seemly, suitable, usable, valuable, wise, worthwhileAssociated concepts: usefulness
See also: applicable, beneficial, constructive, contributory, convenient, disposable, efficient, favorable, functional, gainful, instrumental, lucrative, ministerial, operative, potent, practical, pragmatic, productive, profitable, salutary, subservient, valuable, viable
USEFUL. That which may be put into beneficial practice.
2. The patent act of congress of July 4, 1836, sect. 6, in describing
the subjects of patents, mentions "new and useful art," and "new and useful
improvement." To entitle the inventor to a patent, his invention must, to a
certain extent, be beneficial to the community, and not be for an unlawful
object, or frivolous, or insignificant. 1 Mason, 182; 1 Pet. C. C. R. 322; 1
Bald. 303; 14 Pick. 217; Paine, 203.