Osgood Dredge Co. v. Metropolitan Dredging Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court oi' the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a suit in equity by the Osgood Dredge Company against the Metropolitan Dredging Company for alleged infringement of letters patent No. 257,888, issued May 16, 1882, to Ralph R. Osgood, for a dredge and excavator. The circuit court dismissed the bill on the ground that the patent was void for want of invention as to the claims sued on. 69 Fed. 620. The complainant has appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit: Judge.
The claims in controversy in this patent are 1 and 3. Claim 1 is as follows:
“(1) Jn a dredging-machine or excavator, the combination, with the swinging boom or crane, carrying- the shovel-handle guide, of the pole guides for the clam-shell dipper poles, mounted upon said boom or crane, and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.”
It is not necessary to refer to claim 3, as, for the purposes of this case, there is no substantial difference between the two. The history of (he art, and the nature of the alleged invention, are described…
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