Hobbs Mfg. Co. v. Gooding

Citations

• 111 F. 403
• 49 C.C.A. 414
• 1901 U.S. App. LEXIS 4394

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents—Infringement.</p> <p>Where a feature of a patented machine is not referred to in the specification or claims of the patent, but is an essential element of the machine, so that the patent can only ho sustained on the ground that it is one which would be supplied by any person ordinarily skilled in the art, it is immaterial on the issue of infringement.</p> <p>2. Same—Anticipation.</p> <p>With reference to patents for improvements in machines for pasting paper boxes, Hie question of anticipation depends in part on the nature of the paper box to be finished, and the method of finishing it.</p> <p>3. Same—Paper-Box Machines.</p> <p>The Damren patent, No. 423,415, for a machine for making paper boxes,—its special feature being the mechanism for attaching the ends to the body of the box, which has been previously formed,—was not anticipated, and is valid. Claim 1 held infringed, and claims 3 and 5 not infringed.</p>