Legal Opinion
L. E. Waterman Co. v. Lockwood
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 22, 1903No. 447PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is based on patent No. 604,690, issued to Lewis E. Waterman on May 24, 1898, on an application filed on August 12, 1895. The subject-matter of the patent is described as a new and useful invention in fountain pens and vessel closures. The patent relates entirely to details, of which it covers a great number, requiring 26 claims. Those now in issue are 8 and 9 and 17 to 26, each inclusive. For the reason which will appear we find it necessary to insert only the more generic claims 9 and 19, as follows:
“(9) In fountain pens, a cap having within its open mouth a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rubber-Tip Pencil Co. v. HowardSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Perry v. Revere Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900
3Cited by1 opinion
- Marshall v. Pettingell-Andrews Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1907