U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri, 1885

Pattee Plow Co. v. Kingman

Pattee Plow Co. v. Kingman
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · Decided March 2, 1885 · Treat
23 F. 801; 1885 U.S. App. LEXIS 1996
Pattee Plow Co. v. Kingman

Opinion of the Court

Treat, J.

Reissued patent 6,080 of 1874, second claim of which is under consideration, has, as to that claim, expanded the original beyond legal limits. Therefore said reissued patent is void to the extent claimed, wherein the defendant is alleged to have infringed.

2. As to Kendall patent No. 174,684 there is no infringement.

3. As to Pattee patent of 1877, No. 187,899, said patent is void, there being no novelty of invention therein that is patentable.

Bill dismissed, with costs.

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