Stafford Co. v. Coldwell-Gildard Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Arthur U. Brown, Judge. Suit in equity by Coldwell-Gildard Company and others against the Stafford Company. Decree for complainants, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This case, in our opinion, turns on the validity of a reissued patent to Coldwell & Gildard, dated July 30, 1901, No. 11,923, entitled “Warp Stop-Motion for Looms.” The reissued patent contained 30 claims, of which claims 19 to 30, each inclusive, were brought in on the reissue, and are the only claims we need especially trouble ourselves about.
The patent is for a warp stop-motion for looms. Original claims 3 to 18, each inclusive, related to a combination of a drop-bar with other elements, constituting a warp stop-motion for looms; but claims 1 and 2 related only to a…
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- Coldwell-Gildard Co. v. Stafford Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1913
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