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Esnault-Pelterie v. Chance Vought Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 17, 1933No. 396PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

This suit involves patent No. 1,115,795 for an aeroplane, granted November 3, 1914, on an application filed January 16; 1998, to a citizen of France. It relates to a mechanical structure in three alternative embodiments, all of which are “heaVier-than-air” machines. The patent discloses and originally claimed *475particular forms of distortable wing, movable tail construction of an aeroplane. None was ever put into commercial use.

This application is asserted to relate back to two French improvement patents filed January 19 and 22, 1907. The basic patent to these two was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Permutit Co. v. Graver Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Harvey Hubbell, Inc. v. General Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
  3. Overland Motor Co. v. Packard Motor Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. Wright Co. v. Herring-Curtiss Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
  5. Ely Norris Safe Co. v. Mosler Safe Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Stuart Oxygen Co. v. JosephianCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
  2. Keyes Fibre Co. v. Chaplin Corp.District Court, D. Maine · 1951
  3. National Dairy Products Corp. v. Borden Co.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1966
  4. Aleograph Co. v. Western Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934

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