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Stromberg Motor Devices Co. v. Zenith Carburetor Co.

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided February 3, 1915No. 225PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Equity. Suit by the Stromberg Motor Devices Company against the Zenith Carburetor Company. On final hearing.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, District Judge.

This is a suit similar to Stromberg Co. v. John A. Bender Co., decided in this court February 13, 1914, and reported in 212 Fed. 419. It is brought on the Ahara patent, No. 684,662, October 15, 1901, and the Richard patent, No. 791,501, June 6, 1905, which were in the Bender Case, as well as the Sturtevant reissue of February 19, 1907, No. 12,611, and the Anderson patent, No. 1,063,148, May 27, 1913, applied for July 26, 1912.

In the Bender Case the decision turned on the distinction between suction-controlled and gravity-controlled nozzles, and infringement was found…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Litchfield v. Goodnow's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. Penfield v. C. & A. Potts & Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1903
  4. David Bradley Manuf'g Co. v. Eagle Manuf'g Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1893
  5. Sage v. Central Rr Co. of IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Warford Corporation v. Bryan Screw MacH. Products Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1930
  2. I. T. S. Rubber Co. v. Essex Rubber Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1920
  3. Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. International Harvester Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1940
  4. Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1934
  5. Steinfur Patents Corp. v. J. Meyerson, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1931

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