Dey Time Register Co. v. Syracuse Time-Recorder Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. On appeal from a decree dismissing the bill of complaint which is founded upon letters patent No. 524,102, granted August 7, 1894, to John Dey for a workman’s time recorder. The opinion of the Circuit Court is reported in 152 Fed. 440.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The facts are so fully set out in the opinion of the Circuit Court that it is unnecessary to repeat them here. It will therefore be sufficient for us to state, as briefly as may he, the reasons which lead us to the conclusion that the cause was properly decided. The patent is in no sense a pioneer. It is unnecessary to explore the prior art to establish this proposition. The specification offers sufficient proof. The patentee there states that the invention pertains to the style of workman’s time recorder shown in a patent granted to him September 24, 1889. He says:
“The…
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