Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Walker Co.

Citations

• 104 F. 816
• 1900 U.S. App. LEXIS 4869

Syllabus

<p>1 Patents — Validity—Brush Holders.</p> <p>Claims 4 and 5 of letters patent No. 462,973, dated November 10, 1891, granted to E. Thomson and W. O. Wakefield, for an “Improvement in Brush-Holders for Dynamo-Electric Machines,” are void as lacking patentable novelty, in view of the prior art.</p> <p>2. Same — Infringement.</p> <p>Claims 1, 2 and 4 of letters patent No. 394,999, dated December 25, 1888, granted to Edwin W. Rice, Jr., for a “new and useful Brush and Brush-Holder,” are valid, and claim .2 has been infringed by the defendant.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>