Illinois Watch Co. v. Robbins
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. In Equity. Bill by Royal E. Robbins and Thomas M. Avery against the Illinois Watch Company for infringement of patent. Decree for complainants. 50 Fed. Rep. 542. Defendant appeals. Affirmed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. In Equity. Bill by Royal E. Robbins and Thomas M. Avery against the Illinois Watch Company for infringement of patent. Decree for complainants. 50 Fed. Rep. 542. Defendant appeals. Affirmed. Statement by Woods, Circuit Judge: By the decree of the circuit court the appellant was held to have infringed the 1st, Ed, 4th, 5th, and 6th claims of reissued patent No. 10,631, issued August 4, 1885, to the appellees, as assignees of the original letters No. 280,709, granted July 3, 1883,…
1Opinion of the Court
Woods, Circuit Judge,
(after making the foregoing statement.) In conformity with the ruling of the supreme court in the case of Corn Planter Patent, 23 Wall. 181, 218, it was right, we think, to construe the claims of the patent in question as embracing the devices shown in the specifications, each claim being regarded as including such devices *222and combination as are necessary to meet the requirements of the general terms in which it is expressed. When the claims are so construed, it maybe said of each of them, in the language of that case: “The claim thus limited is considerably narrowed in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Corn-Planter PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
3Cited by3 opinions
- Columbus Watch Co. v. RobbinsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1894
- Robbins v. Illinois Watch Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1897
- Robbins v. Illinois Watch Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1897