Legal Opinion
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Electric Appliance Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
Decided January 19, 1906No. 27,066PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Equity. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
KOHLSAAT, Circuit Judge.
On December 8, 1888, Nikola Tesla made application for two patents pertaining to electrical transmission *546of power and a system therefor. Both of these were issued December 26, 1893, numbered, respectively, 511,559 and 511,560. While these applications were awaiting action by the Patent Office, and on February 18, 1889, Tesla filed his application for a patent for a method of operating electro magnetic motors, upon which he thereafter, on April 16, 1889, was granted a patent, No. 401,520. On the last-named date he caused an application to be presented for a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Miller v. Eagle Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Ohio Brass Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Stanley Instrument Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1904
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. RobertsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1903
- Dayton Fan & Motor Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902
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- Century Electric Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
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