Legal Opinion
Gibson v. Smoot Engineering Corp.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 28, 1928No. 601PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, District Judge.
Six patents and 47 claims are here sued upon. Of these, the plaintiffs, George H. Gibson, patentee, and Leeds & Northrup Company, his licensee, charge the defendant, Smoot Engineering Company, with the infringement of five patents and 41 claims, while by counterclaim the defendant charges the plaintiffs-with the infringement of 6 claims' of the remaining patent, which was granted, to-Herbert T. Herr. The art to which all these patents relate is automatic furnace-regulation or combustion control, particularly in steam-generating furnaces. The defenses are invalidity and…
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