Palmer v. Corning
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP NEW YORK The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The sole question in this case is whether the appliance to which the plaintiff in error claims the rights of a patentee under the grant of letters patent No. 134,978, bearing date January 21, 1873, issued to his assignor, involves invention, or is simply a manifestation of mechanical skill.
There is no doubt- that in this, as in all similar cases, the letters patent are prima facie evidence that the device was patentable. Still, we are always required, with this presumption in mind, to examine the question of invention vel non upon its merits in each particular case. In the present instance…
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