McCreery Engineering Co. v. Massachusetts Fan Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. Suit in equity by the McCreery Engineering Company against the Massachusetts Fan Company and the County Commissioners of Essex County. Decree for defendants (186 Fed. 846), and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court dismissing a hill for infringement of letters patent No. 917,185, issued April 6, 1909, on an application of W. E. Taylor, filed March 5, 1908, for apparatus for tempering and purifying air.
*500The Circuit Court found that the patent was invalid for the reason that the invention was on sale for more than two years prior to the application for the patent.
The chief reliance of the defendant on this issue is the record made upon behalf of the patentee to the Commissioner of Patents, with statements and disclosures of the…
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