Palmer v. John E. Brown Mfg. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
This was a suit in equity by Frank L. Palmer and others against the John E. Brown Manufacturing Company for alleged infringement of letters patent No.. 308,981, issued December 9, 1884, to Frank L. Palmer, for a “machine for sewing or quilting fabrics.”
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
The patent in suit was issued on December 9, 1884, and is described as for a machine for sewing or quilting fabrics. The original application also covered what the inventor and the patent office designated a “mechanical movement,” but, on the requirement of the office, the -.application was divided, and a patent was issued to the inventor on September 2, 1884, for what also was therein described as a “mechanical movement”; and it is this patent of earlier date which creates the only substantial difficulty the court finds in the case.
Claim 24 requires, however,…
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