New York Belting & Packing Co. v. New Jersey Car Spring & Rubber Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. In equity for the infringement of letters patent No. 11,208, granted May 27, 1879, to the New York Belting and Packing Company for a new and useful design for rubber mats. Defendant demurred to the bill and the demurrer was sustained, and the bill dismissed. Plaintiff appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
This is a suit in equity brought upon a patent for a design by the New York Belting and Packing Company, assignee of George Woffenden, against the New Jersey Oar Spring and Rubber Company. The bill was dismissed upon demurrer, and the case is here on appeal from that decree. The ground for dismissing the bill, as stated by the circuit judge in his opinion, was that the subject matter of the patent was not patentable, 30 Fed. Rep. 785, and this is the question which has been discussed on the appeal. The invention claimed in the patent is a new and original design for rubber mats of which the…
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