Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Nassau Electric R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
This was a suit for infringement of a patent. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
Tlie question is wb.etb.er the defendant infringes the first and fourth claims of letters patent issued to Elihu Thomson in 1883. The patent is for a combination, which carries the concession that each part is old (The Corn-Planter Patent, 23 Wall. 181, 224, 23 L. Ed. 161); and such is the fact. The parts are a switch, a magnet, an electric circuit, and the specifically avowed purpose of the patent is to prevent damage when the circuit is broken. The occasion for such preservation arises from the fact that when an electric circuit is broken, and the conductors are left…
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- Roberts v. RyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. v. Electrical Supply Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
- The Corn-Planter PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Planing-Machine Co. v. KeithSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Edison Electric Light Co. v. WestinghouseU.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1893
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