Hotchkiss v. Greenwood
Supreme Court of the United States
■ This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Ohio. It was a question involving the validity of a patent right, under the following circumstances. The patent and specification were as follows: — “ The United States of America, to all to whom these letters patent shall come.
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■ This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Ohio. It was a question involving the validity of a patent right, under the following circumstances. The patent and specification were as follows: — “ The United States of America, to all to whom these letters patent shall come. Whereas John G. Hotchkiss, New Haven, Conn., John A Davenport, and John W. Quincy, New York, have alleged that they have invented a new and useful improvement in maldng door and other knobs, of all kinds of clay used in pottery, and of porcelain, which they…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Ohio.
The suit was brought against the defendants for the alleged infringemehtbf 'a patent for a new and useful improvement in making door and other knobs of all kinds of clay used in pottery, and of porcelain.
The improvement consists in making the knobs of clay or porcelain, and iii fitting them for their application to doors, locks, and furniture, and various other uses to which they may be adapted; but more especially in this, that of having the cavity in the knob in which the screw or shank is insertad,…
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