Backstay Machine & Leather Co. v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; George H. Bingham, Judge. Two patent infringement suits by the Backstay Machine & Feather Company against Helen Wade Hamilton. Decrees for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.
These were appeals from the final decrees of the District Court of Massachusetts in two patent cases. In one the plaintiff alleged infringement of patent No. 1,226,600, issued May 15, 1917, for a finishing welt, hereinafter referred to as the article patent; and in the other infringement of patent No. 51,804, *412issued February 19, 1918, to Robert C. Schemmel, for a “design for a molding or welt,” hereinafter referred to as the design patent.
There were six claims in the article patent, all of which were in issue. Under claims 1, 2, 5, and 6 a patent was claimed for a welt…
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