Rumford Chemical Works v. Lauer
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was a bill in equity, brought by the Rumford Chemical Works, a Rhode Island corporation, founded on reissued letters patent granted to the plaintiffs, June 9th, 1868 [No. 2,979], for an “improvement in pulveru-lent acid for use in the preparation of soda powders, farinaceous food, and for other pur-, poses,” as assignees of the alleged inventor, Eben N. Horsford.
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This was a bill in equity, brought by the Rumford Chemical Works, a Rhode Island corporation, founded on reissued letters patent granted to the plaintiffs, June 9th, 1868 [No. 2,979], for an “improvement in pulveru-lent acid for use in the preparation of soda powders, farinaceous food, and for other pur-, poses,” as assignees of the alleged inventor, Eben N. Horsford. The original patent was granted to Horsford April 22d, 1856 [No. 14,-722], and was reissued to the plaintiffs May 7th. 1S67, and reissued to them a second time June 9th, 1868. The infringement alleged in the bill was the making…
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, District Judge.
Although the announced .decision of the court, on the motion of the plaintiff's for a re-argument, was, that both parties would be allowed to take further testimony as to the novelty of what is covered by the first and second claims of the plaintiffs’ patent, as affected by the description of the three-fourths phosphate in the Lehrbueh and in Gmelin, yet the formal order entered was an unrestricted one, reopening the cause, with liberty to either party to take further proofs, and to bring on the cause for a rehearing on the proofs then already taken and such further…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Oliver v. Rumford Chemical WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Attorney General ex rel. Hecker v. Rumford Chemical WorksU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1876
3Cited by1 opinion
- Albany Steam Trap Co. v. WorthingtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1897