American Electrical Novelty & Mfg. Co. v. Newgold

COXE, District Judge.

This is an equity suit for the infringement of two letters patent owned by the complainant. The first is a design patent, No. 29,939, for a portable lamp body granted to Gustave F. Hitzelberger, assignor to complainant, January 3, 1899. The application was filed December 3, 1898. The specification says:

“As shown in the drawings, the leading and essential feature of this design consists of a unitary lamp body of cylindrical shape, elongated in the direction of its axis and having a bull’s-eye at the forward end thereof. The lamp body is intended for use in a portable…