Kintner v. Atlantic Communication Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by Samuel M. Kintner and Halsey M. Barrett, receivers of the National Electric Signaling Company, against the Atlantic Communication Company, August Merchens, P. C. Schnitzer, and K. C. Frank. On final hearing.
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In Equity. Suit by Samuel M. Kintner and Halsey M. Barrett, receivers of the National Electric Signaling Company, against the Atlantic Communication Company, August Merchens, P. C. Schnitzer, and K. C. Frank. On final hearing. Suit for infringement of claims 1 and 2 of letters patent No. 1,050,728, applied for by Reginald A. Fessenden, original on July 27, 1905, divisional on August 21, 1905, and granted January 14, 1913, for “method of signaling,” and of claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 29 of letters patent No. 1,050,441, applied for by Fessenden July 27, 1905, and granted…
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, District Judge.
These patents may be discussed together, having been applied for in one application, which, by the requirement of the Patent Office, was divided into an apparatus and a method patent. They are concerned with the system of radio signaling known as the beats system, or more especially the “heterodyne” — a name created by Fessenden, which has survived in the art. While the record contains numerous symbolic equations and diagrams, in which experts in this art think and love to revel, the case is within a narrow compass from the viewpoint of the patent law. This, because…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- General Electric Co. v. Laco-Philips Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
- Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America v. National Electric Signaling Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1914
- Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America v. De Forest Radio Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1916
- National Electric Signaling Co. v. Telefunken Wireless Telegeaph Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1913
- United Wireless Telegraph Co. v. National Electric Signaling Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1912
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