Sargent v. Covert

Citations

• 152 U.S. 516
• 14 S. Ct. 676
• 38 L. Ed. 536
• 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2140

Syllabus

<p>The alleged invention, protected by letters patent No. 161,757, dated April 6, 1875, issued to James C. Covert for “ improvement in clasps or thimbles for hitching devices,” did not involve such an exercise of the inventive faculty as entitled it to protection.</p>