Weber Electric Co. v. National Gas & Electric Fixture Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal to review a decree of the District Court, Southern District of New York, holding a patent to be valid and infringed as to its first four claims. The patent is No. 743,206, issued November 3, 1903, to August Weber for an incandescent light socket. The opinion of the District Judge will be found in 204 Fed. 79.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The specifications and claims of the patent and the prior art are all set out very fully in Judge Ray’s opinion, to which reference may be made.
When the patentee’s snap connection between the sleeve and cap is first seen, the natural impression is that there could be no patentable invention in so simple a device. But perusal of the record leads quite persuasively to a different conclusion. In the first place, the precise combination of interlocking parts is undoubtedly novel; there is nothing just like this in the prior art. Even the Bray patent, which is relied upon,…
2Cited by8 opinions
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- Weber Electric Co. v. Cutler-Hammer Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
- E. H. Freeman Electric Co. v. Weber Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1919
- Eclipse MacH. Co. v. J. H. Specialty Mfg. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1933
- Weber Electric Co. v. Wirt Mfg. Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1915
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