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Electric Vehicle Co. v. Winton Motor-Carriage Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided November 9, 1900PublishedCited by 9 opinions

In Equity. Suit for infringement of patent. On demurrer to bill.,

1Opinion of the Court

OOXE, District Judge.

The bill, in the usual form, is based upon letters patent, No. 549,160, granted November 5, 1895, to George B. Selden for a road vehicle, the motor being a liquid hydrocarbon gas engine of the compression type. The application was filed May 8, 1879. The demurrer, though divided under five separate heads, is based upon the broad proposition that the patent, on its face, is,void for lack of patentability. Stated generally the argument for the defendants is as follows: The specification concedes that all of the elements of the combinations of the claims were old; that steam…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Potts v. CreagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. American Fibre-Chamois Co. v. Buckskin-Fibre Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Ohio Brass Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1904
  3. Gatch Wire Goods Co. v. W. A. Laid-Law Wire Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
  4. Hale & Kilburn Mfg. Co. v. Oneonta, C. & R. S. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1903
  5. Neidich v. FosbennerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1901

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