Downton v. Yeager Milling Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. The appellant was the complainant in the circuit court. He filed his bill to restrain the infringement by the appellee of certain letters patent, for which he made an application on March 20th, 1875, and which were issued to him on-April 20th following, for an “ improvement in processes of manufacturing middlings flour.”
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. The appellant was the complainant in the circuit court. He filed his bill to restrain the infringement by the appellee of certain letters patent, for which he made an application on March 20th, 1875, and which were issued to him on-April 20th following, for an “ improvement in processes of manufacturing middlings flour.” The state of - the art, and the purpose of the improvement which the patent was intended to cover, were set forth in the specification, as follows: “ This invention has for its aim the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
A grain of wheat may be described generally as follows: It consists of a pellicle or outside covering known as bran, an inner envelop consisting of cells and their contents of gluten and phosphates, the most nutritious' portion of the berry, and an interior whitp mass composed mainly of starch and albuminoid matter, extending to the heart of the berry.' At one end of the berry, under an irregularly-curved surface layer of bran, technically called the’ shield, is the embryo or germ. The germ is a yellow, waxy substance, and the- bran is consistent and tough. It has always been the aim of good…
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