Tilghman v. Proctor
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the. Southern District of Ohio. This is a suit in equity brought by Richard- A. Tilghman, against William Proctor, James Gamble, W. A. proctor, James N. Gamble, and George H. Proctor, complaining of their infringement of letters-patent No. 11,766, granted to him, bearing date Oct. 3, 1854, and subsequently renewed and extended, ■for a process for obtaining-free, fat acids and glycerine fro pi fatty bodies. ' The answer…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the. Southern District of Ohio. This is a suit in equity brought by Richard- A. Tilghman, against William Proctor, James Gamble, W. A. proctor, James N. Gamble, and George H. Proctor, complaining of their infringement of letters-patent No. 11,766, granted to him, bearing date Oct. 3, 1854, and subsequently renewed and extended, ■for a process for obtaining-free, fat acids and glycerine fro pi fatty bodies. ' The answer denies the validity of the letters and the alleged infringement of them.' On a final hearing upon the pleadings and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice - Bradley
delivered the opinion of the court.. This case involves a consideration of the same patent which was the subject of litigation in the ease of Mitchell v. Tilghman, reported in 19th Wallace, 28-7. The evidence in the present case, which is quité an unwieldy mass, is much.the same as in that, being supplemented, however, by the testimony óf the • patentee respecting the nature of his original experiments and the practicability of using profitably the coil apparatus described in the patent, together with certain- exhibits relating to the novelty of the alleged invention.…
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