Legal Opinion
Knapp v. Will & Baumer Co.
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided October 7, 1918PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity. Suit by Edward J. Knapp against the Will & Baumer Company. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
[ 1 ] The patent in suit, United States letters patent No. 44,480, dated August 12, 1913, and issued to Edward J. Knapp, the complainant, is for a design and the claim reads:
“The ornamental design for a candle as shown and described.”
The specification contains the following description:
“The design, as illustrated in the drawing, is a pillar or column, substantially square in cross-section, mounted upon a substantially cylindrical • longitudinally fluted pedestal, and surmounted by a bell-shaped cap, with its base lines set back from, the square edges of the pillar top.”
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