Yost Electric Mfg. Co. v. Perkins Electric Switch Mfg. Co.

Citations

• 179 F. 511
• 103 C.C.A. 116
• 1910 U.S. App. LEXIS 4676

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents (§ 26*) — Invention—New Combinations of Old Elements.</p> <p>There is' no invention in bringing old elements into new combinations-where each performs the same service as it did in the earlier art.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other eases, see Patents, Gent. Dig. §§ 27-30; Dec. Dig. § 26.*</p> <p>Patentability of combinations of old elements as dependent on results attained, see note to National Tube Co. v. Aiken, 91 O. C. A. 123.]</p> <p>2. Patents (§ 16*) — Invention—Carrying Forward Old Idea.</p> <p>The mere carrying forward of an original conception, patented, involving only change of form, proportion, or degree, or the substitution of equivalents doing the same thing as did the original invention by substantially tbe same means with better effects, is not such invention as will sustain a patent.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Patents, Cent. Dig. §| 14-25; Dec. Dig, § 16.*]</p> <p>3. Patents (§ 328*) — Validity and Infringement — Incandescent Lamp Sockets.</p> <p>The Perkins patent, No. 626,927, for an incandescent lamp socket, held valid and infringed by one structure which had been made and sold by defendant, but not infringed by other styles.</p>