Cameron Septic Tank Co. v. Village of Saratoga Springs
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the United States Circuit Court, Northern District of New York, dismissing a bill for infringement of United States patent No. 031,423, granted October 3, 1899 (on application filed March 15, 1897), to Donald Cameron and others for “.Process of and Apparatus for Treating Sewage.”
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the United States Circuit Court, Northern District of New York, dismissing a bill for infringement of United States patent No. 031,423, granted October 3, 1899 (on application filed March 15, 1897), to Donald Cameron and others for “.Process of and Apparatus for Treating Sewage.” The opinion of the Circuit Court is found in 151 Fed. 2-12.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The opinion below has quoted at great length from the specifications. Since it may fairly be assumed that no one is likely to read this opinion without also examining that of the Circuit Court, those voluminous excerpts need not be repeated here, although in the progress of this discussion it may be necessary to quote tnanv passages from such specifications. There are two groups of claims — those for a process, and those for an apparatus. The subject of discussion may be best introduced by reciting the five process claims which are relied upon as follows:
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