Featherstone v. George R. Bidwell Cycle Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. In Equity. Bill by Alfred Featherstone against the George R. •Bidwell Cycle Company for infringement of letters patent. The circuit court rendered a decree for complainant. 53 Fed. Rep. 113. Respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
By the decree of the circuit court, it was adjudged that the fourth claim of the reissued patent Flo. 11,153, granted to John Boyd Dunlop for an improved wheel tire for cycles, was valid, and had been infringed by the defendant. The defendant contended, and now insists, that the fourth claim of the reissue is void, because it is for a different invention than that covered by the original patent to Dunlop, and because the original patent was surrendered, and the reissue obtained, not to correct a mistake, but merely for the purpose of securing by that claim a patent for…
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