Terry Steam Turbine Co. v. B. F. Sturtevant Co.

BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

The complainant is the owner of United States patents Nos. 741,385 and 793,857, granted to Edward C. Terry on October 13, 1903, and July 4, 1905, respectively; the applications being filed in the Patent Office December 10, 1902, and June 25, 1904. The complainant became the owner of the patents April 10, 1906, by a writing duly executed and recorded in the Patent Office.

*298This is the ordinary suit in equity, and the-defenses are invalidity and noninfringement. Claims 1, 3, and 5 of patent No. 741,385, and claims 8 and 9 of patent No. 793,857, are in issue. Claims 1, 3,…