Elevator Supply & Repair Co. v. New & Beaver Arcade Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by the Elevator Supply & Repair Company against the New & Beaver Arcade Company and Franz A. Boedtcher. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. On appeal from a decree dismissing the, bill alleging the infringement of ffie Payne and Andren patents, owned by the complainant. ,No opinion was delivered in the court below.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The Payne and Andren patents in controversy are owned by the complainant. They relate to signal apparatus for elevators. The alleged infringing devices were installed by the defendant Boedtcher in the elevator system in the New & Beaver Arcade Building, New York. Claim 3 of the Payne patent and claims 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18 and 19 of the Andren patent are involved.
[1] The Payne patent No. 1,108,782 relates to the same subject-matter covered by the earlier patents granted to McLean and to Payne himself. It is at best only an improvement over, what is disclosed in…
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