Attorney General ex rel. Hecker v. Rumford Chemical Works
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island
Bill or information to repeal reissued letters patent No. 2,597, dated May 7, 1867, and No. 2,979, dated June 9,1868, granted on surrender of originalletters patent issued April 22, 1856, to Eben N. Horsford, for á new and improved preparation or substance, being a substitute for a pulverulent acid for use in the manufacture of dry powders when a dry acid is required, and afterwards assigned to the Rumford Chemical Works.
Read the full summary
Bill or information to repeal reissued letters patent No. 2,597, dated May 7, 1867, and No. 2,979, dated June 9,1868, granted on surrender of originalletters patent issued April 22, 1856, to Eben N. Horsford, for á new and improved preparation or substance, being a substitute for a pulverulent acid for use in the manufacture of dry powders when a dry acid is required, and afterwards assigned to the Rumford Chemical Works. The bill stated three grounds, viz.: (1) Want of novelty by reasop of prior publications; (2) interpolation; (3) insufficiency in the instructions given in the…
1Opinion of the CourtShepley, J.
The information in this case is by “George H. Williams, as he is attorney general of the United States of America,” at the relation ox George V. Hecker, of the city of New York, against the Rumford Chemical Works, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the state of Rhode Island, and a citizen of said state, and domiciled therein, and against George F. Wilson, a citizen of the state of Rhode Island, as president of said corporation, and its general manager.
The information showeth that letters patent of the United States were on the twenty-second day of April, 1856, granted to Ebon N.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mowry v. WhitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Ex Parte Wood & BrundageSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Benton v. WoolseySupreme Court of the United States · 1838
- United States ex rel. West v. DoughtyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1870
3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. Glaxo Group LimitedDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1969
- St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
- In re NagaoDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1913
- Rumford Chemical Works v. LauerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1872
- Ramón Morán & Co. v. Corte de Distrito de San JuanSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1940
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.