Legal Opinion

Lovell v. Seybold Mach. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 16, 1909No. 149PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

1Opinion of the Court

COXE, Circuit Judge.

The principal controversy relates to claims 3, 4, 5 and 9 of the patent to Lovell and Bredenberg granted January 81, 1893, for a book-trimming machine. The specification describes an automatic feeder consisting of an endless chain or ladder carrying successive crossbars or pushers for engaging the books singly and feeding them one by one to the cutters. This is the method which the patentees regard as the distinguishing feature of their invention. What they considered to be a distinct disadvantage and wished to avoid was the old method of placing the books or pamphlets in…

2Cited by17 opinions

  1. Fulton Co. v. Powers Regulator Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
  2. Pennington Engineering Co. v. Houde Engineering Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  3. Reynolds Spring Co. v. L. A. Young Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1929
  4. Standard Oil Development Co. v. James B. Berry Sons Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1937
  5. General Chemical Co. v. Selden Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1932

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