San Francisco Cornice Co. v. Beyrle

Citations

• 195 F. 516
• 115 C.C.A. 426
• 1912 U.S. App. LEXIS 1413

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents (§ 312*)—Validity—Presumption and Burden of Proof.</p> <p>The grant of a patent is prima facie evidence that the patentee was the first inventor of the device or discoverer of the art or process de-' scribed, and of its novelty, and the burden rests on a defendant denying its validity to establish such defense beyond a reasonable doubt.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Patents, Cent. Dig. §§ 543-549; Dec. Dig. § 312.»</p> <p>Presumptions and burden of proof of invention, see note to American Sulphite Pulp Co. v. De Grasse Paper Co., 87 C. C. A. 294.]</p> <p>2. Patents (§ 328*)—Validity and Infringement—Process of Casing Wood with Metal.</p> <p>The Beyrle patent, No. 887,995, for a process of easing wooden moldings, etc., with metal, by means therein described, while for an improvement in the art, was not anticipated, and discloses invention, the method shown effecting a saving in labor and time and in material; also, held infringed.</p>