George F. Hinrichs, Inc. v. Henderson

BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

This is a patent suit in the usual form, involving United States patent No. 1,516,012, issued to appellant, plaintiff below, November 18, 1924, application filed' September 23, 1922, for poultry packing. The decree below was for the defendant, on the ground that the alleged invention lacked patentable novelty.

The patent has 14 claims. The first 8 relate to an alleged “manufacture,” the last 6 to an alleged “art” or method of packing. Claim 2 may be taken as typical of the first 8 claims, and claim 14 as typical of the last 6. They read respectively as follows:

“2. As an…