Parker v. Hulme
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
This was an action on the case [by Oliver H. P. Parker against James S. Hulme], tried before KANE, District Judge, and a jury, for the infringement of letters patent, granted to Zebulon and Austin Parker, October 19, 1829, for “a new and useful improvement in hydraulic power,” and assigned to plaintiff.
Read the full summary
This was an action on the case [by Oliver H. P. Parker against James S. Hulme], tried before KANE, District Judge, and a jury, for the infringement of letters patent, granted to Zebulon and Austin Parker, October 19, 1829, for “a new and useful improvement in hydraulic power,” and assigned to plaintiff. The history of the invention was substantially as follows: The patentees, in the year 1S27, by observing in a horizontal reaction wheel, with a fixed flume, the operation of a simple stationary guide, discovered — and, by removing and replacing the guide, tested —the utility of applying as a…
1Opinion of the CourtKane, District Judge
(charging jury). The plaintiff, Oliver H. P. Parker, for all the purposes of this suit, is the legal representative of Zebulon and Austin Parker, the pat-entees named in certain letters patent, which were issued on the 19th October. 1829. for “a new and useful improvement in hydraulic power”; and the complaint in this suit is, that the defendant has used their patented invention without their authority.
Three questions have been discussed:
1. What is the invention which the letters patent profess to secure to the patentees?
2. Were the patentees the first persons to make and reduce that…
2Cited by10 opinions
- MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Hilton Davis Chemical Co. v. Warner-Jenkinson Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1995
- Globe-Wernicke Co. v. Fred Macey Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902
- American Sulphite Pulp Co. v. Howland Falls Pulp Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1897
- Honeywell International, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.