Legal Opinion

Plummer v. Sargent

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 7, 1887No. 121PublishedCited by 21 opinions

APPEAL FROM ‘ THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT. This was a bill in-equity to restrain the infringement of letters-patent. Decree' that tbe bill be dismissed, from which the complainant appealed. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews

This is a bill in equity to restrain the alleged infringement of reissued letters-patent Nos. 2355 and 2356, dated September 11, 1866, granted to the Tucker Manufacturing Company, as assignee of Hiram Tucker,. and owned by the complainant; the former being for an improved process of bronzing or coloring iron, the latter for the product resulting from that process.

The specifications in the reissued patent No. 2355 are as follows:

“Metals have heretofore1 been lacquered or bronzed by the application of á solution of resin and metallic powders or salts, and dried by exposure to air or heat. Iron…

2Cited by21 opinions

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  3. Atlantic Thermoplastics Co., Inc., James B. Sullivan and Richard B. Fox v. Faytex Corporation, Defendant/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
  4. Palmer Pneumatic Tire Co. v. LozierCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
  5. Dunn Wire-Cut Lug Brick Co. v. Toronto Fire Clay Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919

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