Howe MacHine Co. v. National Needle Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. These were appeals from decrees of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, dismissing bills in equity brought on account of alleged infringement of letters patent granted May 10, 1859, to Charles and Andrew Spring, for an “ Improvement in Lathes for turning Irregular Forms.”
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APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. These were appeals from decrees of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, dismissing bills in equity brought on account of alleged infringement of letters patent granted May 10, 1859, to Charles and Andrew Spring, for an “ Improvement in Lathes for turning Irregular Forms.” The patent was extended for seven years from May Í0, 1873. The bills were filed May 27, 1879.. The opinion of the Circuit Court was announced September 30, 1881; but by reason of the interposition of…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Chief' Justice Fullee,
after stating the case, delivered tbe opinion of the court.
Doubtless a claim is to be construed in connection with the .explanation contained in the specification and it may be so •drawn as in effect to make the specification an essential'part of it; but since the inventor must particularly specify and point out the part, improvement or combination which he claims as his own invention or discovery, the specification-and drawings are usually looked at only for the purpose of better understanding the meaning of the claim, and certainly not for the purposé of changing…
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