Wells Glass Co. v. Henderson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This was a bill by William Henderson against the Wells Grlass Company and Herman Schuhmann for .alleged infringement of certain patents relating to window sashes and analogous structures. The circuit court sustained the patents, found that they were infringed, and entered a decree for an injunction and an accounting. Defendants appealed.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This was a bill by William Henderson against the Wells Grlass Company and Herman Schuhmann for .alleged infringement of certain patents relating to window sashes and analogous structures. The circuit court sustained the patents, found that they were infringed, and entered a decree for an injunction and an accounting. Defendants appealed. The appellee, William Henderson, is the grantee of letters patent No. 412,751 and No. 420,510, issued October 15, 1889, and February 4, 1890, respectively,— the first…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, Circuit Judge
Tlie process of patent No. 412,751 is purely mechanical. The devices and machinery necessary for its accomplishment, consisting of dies, a “bending or conforming device,” a “machine for forming or notching the ends of the bars,” and other familiar appliances, are illustrated by drawings, and minutely described in the specification. The application for the patent was rejected, in the first instance, on the ground that “the alleged method is, as presented, the necessary function or operation of the mechanism described”; and, notwithstanding the amendments made to the second, third and fourth…
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