Bowers v. Von Schmidt
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
This was a suit by Alplionzo B. Bowers against Allexey W. Von Schmidt for infringement of two patents on dredging machines. The original application therefor was filed December 9, 1870. Several divisional applications were carved out of it, and upon two of them the patents in suit were issued.
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This was a suit by Alplionzo B. Bowers against Allexey W. Von Schmidt for infringement of two patents on dredging machines. The original application therefor was filed December 9, 1870. Several divisional applications were carved out of it, and upon two of them the patents in suit were issued. While these applications were pending the defendant built and put into use the infringing machine, and at the same time made application for patents for his specific devices, and obtained such patents prior to' the issuance of complainant’s patents; the same being numbered 277,177, 300,-333, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMcKEVVA, Circuit Judge
(orally). This is an action for the infringement of certain claims of two patents issued to plaintiff. The first is numbered 318,859, and dated May 26, 1885, and the second numbered 355,251, and dated December 28, 3886. There is no claim which contains all of what plaintiff claims to be his invention. Its elements are variously combined in 103 claims. Of these, infringement is alleged of Nos. 10, 16, 25, 26, 33, 53, 54, 59, and 75 of patent Vo. 318,859 (Exhibit A), and of 13, 14, 17, 18, and 22 of patent No. 355,251 (Exhibit B). In the first patent the machine is called a “dredging machine';”…
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