Westinguouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Formica Insulation Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio; John W. Peck, Judge. Suit by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company against the Formica Insulation Company for infringement of patents. From a decree dismissing the bill (270 Fed. 632), plaintiff appeals.
1Per curiam
Suit for infringement of patents numered 1,167,-742 and 1,167,743, to Conrad, assignor to plaintiff, relating to noiseless gears, both issued January 11, 1916, under original application of July 2, 1913 — the claims in issue being Nos. 3, 7, 8, and 14 of the first-numbered patent, and claim 3 of that bearing the second number. Claim 7, which is fairly typical of the four claims of the first-numbered patent, reads:
“A gear having a self-sustaining working body portion, composed of fibrous mateiial and a pbenolic condensation product.”
Claim 3 of the second-numbered patent, reads:
“A gear having a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Formica Insulating Co.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1920
3Cited by1 opinion
- General Motors Corp. v. Preferred Electric & Wire Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935