De Florez v. Raynolds

The original letters patent in this case were granted to Moritz Pinner, as assignee of Jean Bouvet, of La Rochelle, France, on the invention of Bouvet, and on his application as a subject of the empire of France, for an “improvement in metal cans, cases, boxes, etc., for preserving food, gunpowder, liquids, paints, *435oils, and other articles.” The date of the patent was June 28,1864, and on its face it was granted for the term of 17 years from the twenty-eighth day of June, 1864. The patent was re-issued to Pin-ner, November 1, 1864, the re-issue being granted, on its face, for the term of 17…