Legal Opinion

Sutter v. Robinson

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 20, 1886No. 87PublishedCited by 52 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE OIROUIT COÜRT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Bill in equity for the infringement of letters-patent. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews

This is a bill in equity filed by Isaac Bobinson and Abraham Bobinson against the appellants to restrain an alleged infringement of letters-patent-granted by the United States to Abraham ' Bobinson on June 10, 1819, for an improved apparatus for re-sweating tobacco. The defences relied on are, that the patent is invalid for want of novelty, and a-Menial of the alleged infringement. The specifications and claims of the’ patent, with reference to accompanying drawings, [p. 533,] are’ as follows:

“ Figure 1 is a top or plan view of an apparatus embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is' a vertical…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Shepard v. CarriganSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

3Cited by52 opinions

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  3. Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd., A/K/A Smc Corporation, and Smc Pneumatics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2000
  5. Knapp v. MorssSupreme Court of the United States · 1893

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