American Grass Twine Co. v. Choate
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Tlie decree appealed from dismissed appellant’s bill for want of equity. Infringement W'as charged of patent; No. 524,423 issued on August 14, 1894, to Lowry for an automatic feeder for twine making machines, and of patent No. 654,991 issued on July 31, 1900, to Lowry for a machine for making grass twine.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Tlie decree appealed from dismissed appellant’s bill for want of equity. Infringement W'as charged of patent; No. 524,423 issued on August 14, 1894, to Lowry for an automatic feeder for twine making machines, and of patent No. 654,991 issued on July 31, 1900, to Lowry for a machine for making grass twine. The following claims of the first patent are relied on: “1. In a machine of the class described the combination, with the feed box or hopper, of a revolving wheel or disk, provided at its periphery with…
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). No one reference of prior art to of the novelty of the claims of the first patent. Whether invention was involved is a question we find unnecessary to determine on this appeal. In 'view of the prior automatic feeders, the inventive genius of Lowry was displayed, if at all, in modifying, combining, and adapting old elements to work successfully upon the materials used in making the twine described in cause No. 1,332, herewith decided. “There is room for such an adapter to have only a specific patent for his particular form of adaptation, and he is not…
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