American Caramel Co. v. Thomas Mills & Bro.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the líastem District of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCIIBALD, District Judge.
The patent in suit is for a machine to cut caramels and other similar candy products issued to M. S. Ilershey January 13, 1893. The bill was dismissed upon the ground that there was nothing patentable in the device; all the elements being old, and there being no invention in putting them together in the way that was done. (C. C.) 138 Fed. 142. The machine consists in a stationary table, suitably supported, having a transverse slot or opening, through which a feed roller projects upwards from below, and over which a blade roller, armed with circular cutting discs or…
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- Elizabeth v. Pavement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Gandy v. Main Belting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
- American Caramel Co. v. Thomas Mills & Bro.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1905
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