Hoeltge v. Hoeller

OPINION OF THE COURT. This is a demurrer to the bill of the complainant, on the ground that this court has no jurisdiction. The bill, in substance, avers that the complainant is the inventor of a valuable improvement in making elbows for stove-pipes and other similar uses; and that the defendants, having obtained a knowledge of the invention, and of the machinery by which it is made practical, applied for and fraudulently obtained from the patent office a patent therefor, and are now using it for their own profit. The bill also alleges, that the complainant filed an application for a patent…