Lyon v. Boh

LEARNED HAND, District Judge.

As the ease seems to me to turn on the question of infringement, I need not consider the validity of the patent. It will first be best to read the patent as it was granted, next to see what limitations, if any, were placed upon it in the proceeding's in the Patent Office, and, finally, how far it may be extended under the doctrine of equivalents.

The specifications state that the invention “relates particularly to a motor vehicle buffer comprising opposed resilient parts or springs, each of which may comprise a transverse member and a longitudinal member, the…