Trussed Concrete Steel Co. v. Goldberg
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan; Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge. Suit by the Trussed Concrete Steel Company against A. E. Goldberg and others. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Suit for infringement of United States patent No. 681,870, September 3, 1901, to' Buente, on fireproof floor construction, and United S'tates patent No. 768,284, August 23, 1904, to Kahn, on combined steel and concrete beam. The District Court held neither patent infringed, and accordingly dismissed the bill.
The structure of Buente’s patent in suit consists, broadly, of a series of concrete joists, metal reinforced, having hollow tile or refractory centers between joists; the concrete not only inclosing the reinforcement which helps form the joists, but completely…
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