Legal Opinion
Sydeman v. Thoma
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 5, 1909No. 529PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Heabing on an appeal from a decision of tbe Commissioner of Patents in an interference case. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
Court:
This is an interference proceeding involving priority of invention of a machine for treating duck, having a heating of adhesive material, so as to render the coating “tacky,” or sticky. The issue is in the three following counts:
“1. In apparatus of the class described, means to support the coated fabric and cause it to travel longitudinally, means to-apply moisture to said fabric, and means to subject simultaneously corresponding portions of the fabric to dry-heat, to soften-, and render tacky the coating thereof.
“2. A machine for applying innersole reinforcing fabric,, comprising means…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Corn-Planter PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
3Cited by10 opinions
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- Field v. Knowles. Field v. KnowlesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1950
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- Boucher Inventions, Ltd. v. Sola Electric Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1942
- Toledo Scale Corporation v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Toledo Scale CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
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