Mitchell v. Tilghman
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeals from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, in which court R. A. Tilghman filed two bills in equity against R. G. Mitchell, under a patent granted to him- the said Tilghman, for a process for making fat-acid and glycerin from natural fat; one bill having been filed during the first term of the patent, and the other uuder the extended term of the same patent.
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Appeals from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, in which court R. A. Tilghman filed two bills in equity against R. G. Mitchell, under a patent granted to him- the said Tilghman, for a process for making fat-acid and glycerin from natural fat; one bill having been filed during the first term of the patent, and the other uuder the extended term of the same patent. In both cases final decrees were given in favor of Tilghman ; and the defendant, Mitchell, took these appeals. The bill set forth the grant of letters-patent to Tilghman, October 3d, 1854, for fourteen years from…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Exclusive jurisdiction, in all actions at law aud suits in equity arising under any act of Congress granting or confirming to inventors the right to their inventions'or discoveries, is conferred upon the Circuit Court, subject to the condition that the final judgment or decree in such a con-, troversy may be removed here for re-examination.
On the third of October, 1854, letters-patent were granted to the complainant for a new and useful improvement in processes for purifying fatty aud oily substances of animal and vegetable origin and which contain glycerin (glyceryl) as their base. His…
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