Legal Opinion
Wellman v. Midland Steel Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
Decided January 21, 1901No. 9,659PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, District Judge.
This suit involves two patents, — Sfo. 394,119, issued December 11, 1888, and No. 408,152, issued July 30, 1.889, — each tor apparatus for charging and dra wing furnaces, which patents are alleged to be infringed by (he defendant. The defenses are want of patentable novelty, noninfringement, and that the combination disclosed in each patent constitutes simply an aggregation, and not a patentable combination.
In the specification, of patent No. 391,419 it is said:
“My invention relates to apparatus for charging and drawing furnaces, sncli apparatus being mounted on a car…
2Cited by4 opinions
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