National Automatic Mach. Co. v. Automatic Weighing, Lifting & Grip Mach. Co.

Citations

• 111 F. 401
• 49 C.C.A. 412
• 1901 U.S. App. LEXIS 4393

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents—Invention—Des'gn for Weighing Machine.</p> <p>'The Patterson design patent No. 20,GUO. for a design for a case for weighing machines, is void for lack of patentable invention.</p> <p>2. Same—Infringement—Weighing Machine.</p> <p>The Smith & Washburn patent, No. 392,098, for a coin-controlled electrical weighing scale, claim 5, construed, and held to belong to the subclass of automatic weighing machines in 'which is employed the impulse of gravity to move the indicator, and, in view of the state of the art, to cover a narrow invention, not iiuringcd by a machine using a different method of employing the* impulse of gravity than that pointed out by the speciiication of the patent in suit.</p>