Magowan v. New York Belting & Packing Co.
Citations
- 141 U.S. 332
- 12 S. Ct. 71
- 35 L. Ed. 781
- 1891 U.S. LEXIS 2524
Syllabus
<p>Letters patent No. 86,296, granted to the New York Belting and Packing Company, as assignee of Dennis C.- Gately, the inventor, January 26, 1869, for “ improvements in vulcanized india-rubber packing,” involved invention, and were valid.</p> <p>The Gately packing explained in view of prior packings.</p> <p>The fact considered, that that packing went at once into such an éxtensive public use, as almost to supersede ¿11 packings made under other methods, and that it was put upon the market at a price from 15 to 20 per cent higher than the old packings, although it cost 10 per cent less to produce it.</p>
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- “[S]uch an extensive public use [of the patented invention] as almost to supersede all packings made under other methods ... was pregnant evidence of its novelty, value, and usefulness.”
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Judges: Blatcheord, Gray
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