National Electric Signaling Co. v. United States

LittletoN Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a suit for the recovery of just and reasonable compensation for the infringement of certain patents brought under the Patent Act of 1910, as amended by the act of 1918.

This suit was originally brought upon twelve United States letters patents issued to Reginald A. Fessenden and dealing with radio apparatus. The defendant filed a demurrer as to six of the patents set forth in the original petition, namely, reissue no. 12168; reissue no. 12169; nos. 706142, 706746, 706747, and 753863, alleging that the invention upon which these patents…