Stephenson v. Brooklyn Cross-Town Railroad

Citations

• 114 U.S. 149
• 5 S. Ct. 777
• 29 L. Ed. 58
• 1885 U.S. LEXIS 1746

Syllabus

<p>None of the separate elements of the devices described in the patent-grantedi September 16, 1873, to John A. O’Haire and -W. A. Jones, as assignees of . John A. O’Haire for an improvement in operating oar doors, were new; nor . was the combination new ; nor was there any patentable invention in the contrivance described in the patent. ' ’</p> <p>The device described in the patent granted March 30, 1876, to áppellantior an improvement in signalling devices for street cars required no ingenuity, and cannot be called $,n invention.</p> <p>The combination described and claimed in the patent granted September 7, 1875, to appellant for an improvement in street cars is a mere aggregation of separate devices, each performing the function for which it is adapted when used separately, and the whole contributing no new result as the product of the joint use ; and it is not a patentable invention.</p>