Legal Opinion
Electric Boot & Shoe Finishing Co. v. Little
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 13, 1905No. 568PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
Claim 1 of letters patent No. 11,144, to William W. Crooker, dated February 10, 1891, is:
“(1) The improvement in the art of polishing and finishing sole and heel edges and other parts of boots or shoes, which consists in dyeing said parts or surfaces black and treating the said surfaces with wax or other resinous or waterproof compound, and polishing the same by contact with a rapidly moving yielding surface, substantially as described.”
The complainant contends that this claim is for a novel and patentable process.
To color the surface of a material, and then to wax it…
2Cited by5 opinions
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- Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. v. Stuart Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Southern Electro-Chemical Co. v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1925
- Rohm v. Martin Dennis Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1918
- In re Belfast Mesh Underwear Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1907