Wilfley v. Denver Engineering Works Co.

Citations

• 111 F. 760
• 1901 U.S. App. LEXIS 4993

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents—Invention—New Combination of Old Elements.</p> <p>A combination of old elements, to render them adaptable to a new use, may involve invention, and sustain a patent, wberé the combination possesses utility, and produces a new and useful result in tbe art to which it is applied, and was not obvious to one skilled in; such art.</p> <p>2. Same—Infringement—Ore Concentration Tables. \\</p> <p>The Wilfley xiatent, No. 590,675, for an improvement isp. ore coneen- ■ trators, discloses invention, and is valid, and entitled to k, liberal construction. Claims 1, 2, and 7, covering a concentrating table, construed, and held infringed.</p>