Morgan v. Daniels
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OE MASSACHUSETTS. On October 30, 1889, the appellee, Fred H. Daniels, commenced suit against the defendant in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OE MASSACHUSETTS. On October 30, 1889, the appellee, Fred H. Daniels, commenced suit against the defendant in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. In his bill, he alleged that he was the original, sole, and first inventor of an improvement in machines for coiling wire or wire rods; that on June 26, 1886, he filed in the United States Patent Office an application in due form for a patent; that on September 4, 1886, the Commissioner of Patents declared an interference between his…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice Brewer,
after stating the case, delivered the-opinion of the court.
It is worthy of notice that hitherto in the progress of this litigation -upon the same testimony different persons have reached different conclusions. Thus, in the opinion filed June 5, 1888, by the examiner of interferences and assistant examiner, it was found that the defendant was the original inventor. On an appeal from that decision the examiners-in-chief (two members being present) came to a different conclusion, and awarded priority to the plaintiff. On a further appeal the Commissioner of Patents on March…
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