Aro Mfg. Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co.

Case Date: 05/04/1961

Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co., 365 U.S. 336 (1961), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court redefined the U.S. patent law doctrine of repair and reconstruction. The decision is sometimes referred to as Aro I because several years later the Supreme Court readdressed the same issues in a second case involving the same parties—Aro II.[1] Convertible Top Assembly of U.S. Pat. No. 2,569,724