Truman v. Deere Implement Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
Copy of file wrapper and contents in the matter of the patent granted De Witt 'C. Putnam, September 14, 1880, 3STo. 232,207: Department of the Interior, United States Patent Office.
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Copy of file wrapper and contents in the matter of the patent granted De Witt 'C. Putnam, September 14, 1880, 3STo. 232,207: Department of the Interior, United States Patent Office. To All Persons to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: This is to •certify that the annexed is a true copy from the records of this office of the file wrapper and contents in the matter of the letters patent granted De Witt C. Putnam, September 14, 1880, Number 232,207, for improvement in breaking-carts. In-testimony whereof I, John S. Seymour, commissioner of patents, have caused the seal of the patent…
1Opinion of the CourtMcKENNA, Circuit Judge
(orally). This is a suit for the infringement of a patent for breaking-carts. The patent was issued September 14, 1880, to De Witt C. Putnam. The original application was made May 22, 1880. It was rejected June 2d, in the same *114year, the patent office holding that a patent to one Jesse Winecoff, October 17, 1871 (No. 119,956), for sulkies, substantially answered the claim. This patent has been introduced in evidence, and consists of a two-wheeled vehicle of the sulky order, somewhat high, with a foot-board depending from its body. The foot-board is so attached to the vehicle that it moves in…
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- Holmes v. TrumanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1895
- Cramer v. FryU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1895
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