· 5/27/1895
Lehigh Valley Railroad v. Kearney
Citations
- 158 U.S. 461
- 15 S. Ct. 871
- 39 L. Ed. 1055
- 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2273
Syllabus
<p>Reissued letters patent No. 5184, granted to Francis Kearney and Luke F. Tronson December 10, 1872, for an improvement in spark-arresters, are void for want of patentable novelty.</p>
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- contra where the invention was merely an improvement
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Judges: Fuller
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