American Graphophone Co. v. Leeds & Catlin Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. On appeal by the complainant from a decree dismissing the bill which alleges infringement of letters patent No. 688,739 granted to J. W. Jones for an improved production of sound-records.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The Jones patent relates to the commercial production of sound-records from an original record characterized by lateral undulations of substantially uniform depth. The inventor avoids the difficulties existing prior to the date of his invention by producing in the first instance a fully finished original record whose grooves are of the final depth required; thus doing away with the necessity for etching and subsequent smoothing. The original records made by this process are electroplated and the electroplate matrix is used as a die.
In carrying out the invention the…
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