J. F. Rowley Co. v. Chester B. Winn, Inc.

ABLER, District Judge.

The Rowley patent in suit No. 961,165 was obtained June 14, 1910, on an -applies tion filed October 15, 1906. Defendant is sued for infringement on two legs of different construction, namely, Plaintiff’s Exhibit 3, alleged to infringe claims 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, and 12, and Defendant’s Exhibit 24, alleged to infringe claims 2, 11, and 12.

In order to understand the Rowley invention it is necessary to go back to an earlier patent issued to Rowley on February 27, 1900, No. 644,464, the application for which was filed July 15, 1899, and which has now expired. This patent is…