Neidich v. Edwards

HOLLAND, District Judge.

This is a suit on a patent for a process of making imitation typewritten letters, wherein the body of the letter is printed on a printing press and the address on a typewriter. The patent in suit is No. 640,013', granted December 26, 1899, to Samuel A. Neidich, and bears the title of “Method of Assimilating Printed and Typewritten Work.” The defendant has filed a demurrer to the bill, averring that .the patent set forth therein is absolutely void on its face, for the reasons: (1) That it is not for a patentable invention, but simply an obvious adaptation of what, years…