Universal Brush Co. v. Sonn
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. The decree of the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York held valid and infringed the first claim of letters patent No. 717,014, granted December 30, 1902, to William Morrison, for a new and useful improvement 'in making brushes. The opinion below is reported in 146 Fed. 517.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The Morrison patent belongs to an old and crowded art. A generic patent in such an art would seem out of the question; at all events we are convinced that we are not now dealing with such a patent.
The principal feature of the invention consists in the method of making brushes, having a chambered frame or back of any desired material, by inserting tufts of bristles into heated, plastic composition deposited in the charhber, which composition when cool holds the bristles firmly in position. The claim in controversy sufficiently describes the invention. It is as follows :
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