U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1936

Smith v. James Mfg. Co.

Smith v. James Mfg. Co.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Decided April 6, 1936 · Manton
83 F.2d 221; 29 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 386; 1936 U.S. App. LEXIS 2492 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Smith v. James Mfg. Co.

Opinion of the Court

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

This suit is for infringement of claims 1, 2, 3, and 5 of the Smith patent, No. 1,-262,860, for an incubator granted April 16, 1918, on an application filed October 26, 1916. Claim 1 has been held invalid in Smith v. Hall (C.C.A.) 83 F.(2d) 217, decided this day. Claims 2 and 3 are similar method claims, and fall for the same reasons as claim 1. With the method claims invalid, there is nothing in claim 5 covering the apparatus to apply the method to support an infringement suit.

Decree reversed.

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