United States Rifle & Cartridge Co. v. Whitney Arms Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT. Bill in equity for the infringement of letters patent. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.. Justice Gray
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a bill in equity for the infringement of letters patent granted May 7, 1872, to John W. Cochran for an improvement in breech-loading firearms, of which one of the plaintiffs was the owner, and the others were the exclusive licensees. The answer denied that Cochran ivas the original inventor, and alleged that his application, upon which the letters patent were issued, was made and filed in the Patent Office on May 6,1868; that for more than two years before that date the thing patented had been in public use and on sale with his…
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