Westinghouse Electric Mfg. Co. v. New England Granite Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. The complainant brought a bill in equity in the circuit court for the district of Connecticut against the New England Granite Company, a Connecticut corporation, and James G. Batterson, a citizen of Connecticut, which was based on the alleged infringement of three patents granted on May 1, 1888, to Nikola Tesla, and numbered, respectively, 381,968, 382,279, and 382,280. Each of the lirst two…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. The complainant brought a bill in equity in the circuit court for the district of Connecticut against the New England Granite Company, a Connecticut corporation, and James G. Batterson, a citizen of Connecticut, which was based on the alleged infringement of three patents granted on May 1, 1888, to Nikola Tesla, and numbered, respectively, 381,968, 382,279, and 382,280. Each of the lirst two patents is for an electric magnetic motor. The third patent is for a method of effecting the transmission of power by…
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.
Each patent relates to the method by which electrical power is transmitted by alternating currents to a distant point, and there safely and efficiently utilized, which was invented by Tesla in 1888; but the patents for the method and for the apparatus are for distinct inventions. The electrical laws under which* the force which is called electricity is sent from generator to motor, and is thereafter made useful, are not simple in their character, have compelled the close study of scientists, and cannot be adequately explained with brevity. An explanation of so much of…
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