Wood v. Underhill
Supreme Court of the United States
■ .This cáse was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. . Tf appeared that, in the-year 1836, Wood took out amended letters patent for £i a' new- arid useful improveihent' in' the mode of making brick, tilé, and other clay ware,” and filed the following specification of his invention :— u Be it known that I, the said James Wood, have invented a new and useful improvement in the art of manufacturing…
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■ .This cáse was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. . Tf appeared that, in the-year 1836, Wood took out amended letters patent for £i a' new- arid useful improveihent' in' the mode of making brick, tilé, and other clay ware,” and filed the following specification of his invention :— u Be it known that I, the said James Wood, have invented a new and useful improvement in the art of manufacturing bricks and tiles. The process is as follows : Take of .cornmon anthracite coal, unburnt, such quantity as will best suit…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
The question presented in this case is a narrow one, and may be disposed of in a few words.
The plaintiff claims that,he has invented ■ a new and useful irm provement in the art of manufacturing bricks and tiles'; .and states his invention to consist in using fine anthracite coal, or ceal-dust, with clay, for the purpose of making brick or tile ; — and for that only he claims.a.patent. And the only question presented by the record is, whether his description of the relative proportions, of coal-dust ánd clay, as given in his> specification, is upon the fa-'e of it too vague and uncertain to…
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