Condron Co. v. Corrugated Bar Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit for infringement of a patent by the Condron Company against the Corrugated Bar Company. From a decree dismissing the bill (256 Fed. 672), complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ALSCHULER, Circuit Judge.
The action was for infringement of Sinks patent, No. 1,005,756, October 10, 1911. On the hearing claims 2, 4, 6 and 7 were relied on. The District Court dismissed the bill for want of equity on the ground of invalidity.
[1] The patent is in the art of reinforced concrete construction of floors resting upon supporting posts. The patent calls it a “monolithic structure,” the reinforced concrete of the supporting posts and of the floors being molded together. The claimed achievement is through such an arrangement of reinforcing bars, extending rectangularly from post to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Turner v. Lauter Piano Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1918
- Condron Co. v. Corrugated Bar Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1919