Bates & Klinke, Inc. v. Peters Patent Corp.

BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit in equity for the infringement of United States Letters Patent No. 1,-570,776, applied for August 28, 1924, issued January 26, 1926, and now owned by the plaintiff-appellee. The defenses are invalidity and noninfringement.

The patent relates to finger rings and other arlieles of jewelry such as pins, and particularly to the means for setting an onyx or stone in a ring or pin whereby skilled labor is said to be dispensed with and the stone prevented from cracking or chipping. The invention, according to the specification, resides “in the combination and…