Legal Opinion

Allen v. Hunter

United States Circuit Court

Decided April 15, 1855PublishedCited by 12 opinions

[At law. Action by John Allen against TVilliam M. Hunter for damages for infringement of letters patent No. 8,621, granted to J Allen, December 23, 1851. Tried by jury. Verdict for defendant.]

1Opinion of the Court

Instruction of the Court.

This, gentlemen of the jury, is an action for the infringement of a patent. The plaintiff, who is the patentee, “claims to have invented a new and useful mode of sotting mineral teeth on metallic plates,” and he describes as follows the composition and mode of application: “The cement may be formed of any of the known fluxes, combined with silex, wedgewood and asbestos intermixed with gold and platinum scraps, which form a metallic union with the plate upon which the teeth are set. The compound which I prefer is composed of silex 2 oz., white or fluid glass 2 oz.,…

2Cited by12 opinions

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  4. In re TenneyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1958
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