Braun v. John Griffiths & Son Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit by Jacob Gottfried Braun against John Griffiths & Son Company. From a decree for defendant, complainant appeals. This action was brought by appellant charging infringement of patent No. 1,015.98!) to Buchholz, for improvement in door frames, title to the patent having by mesne assignment passed to appellant.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit by Jacob Gottfried Braun against John Griffiths & Son Company. From a decree for defendant, complainant appeals. This action was brought by appellant charging infringement of patent No. 1,015.98!) to Buchholz, for improvement in door frames, title to the patent having by mesne assignment passed to appellant. The District Court dismissed appellant’s bill for want of equity. The claims of the patent of which infringement is alleged are sufficiently shown in Fig. 4 of the…
1Opinion of the CourtArschurer, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). There is no issue here as to the right to use a metal door frame having vertical ribs or flanges extending inwardly from the door jambs. The claims in issue are for metal door frames of such construction, “in combination with a bracing cross-bar of solid construction extending transversely from one jamb of said door frame to the other,” etc., as stated in claim 1, and “in combination with bracing cross-pieces of solid construction extending transversely from one jamb of said frame to the other,” etc., as described in claim 2.
The claims make no reference to…
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- McClain v. OrtmayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- White v. DunbarSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Cimiotti Unhairing Co. v. American Fur Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Wolff Truck Frame Co. v. American Steel FoundriesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1912
- Harder v. United States Piling Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1908