Devlin v. Paynter
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In Equity. Bill by Edward P. Paynter and John K. Moore against Thomas Devlin and others, trading as Thomas Devlin & Co., for infringement of a patent. Complainants had decree (63 Fed. 122), and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
AOHESON, Circuit Judge.
The appellants, who were the defendants below, complain of the decree of the circuit court, sustaining as valid, and adjudging them to have infringed, the first claim of letters patent No. 367,725, for improvements in unions for steam pipes, e,tc., granted on August 2, 1887, to Edward P. Paynter, Jr., the inventor, and John K. Moore, his assignee of a part interest. The claim in question is in these words:
“(1) A union for steam pipes, comprising a threaded, ring or nut, a member having a seat of soft metal with a concave face, and an opposing member with a rounded or…
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