Eibel Process Co. v. Remington-Martin Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. Suit in equity by the Eibel Process Company against the Remington-Martin Company and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. The decree of the District Court dismissed a bill for infringement of patent to William Eibel, No. 845,224, dated February 26, 1907, covering an improvement in Fourdrinier machines for making paper. Claims 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, and 12 are in controversy.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, District Judge.
The Fourdrinier machine has been known and used for over 100 years and has attained an efficiency beyond which it is difficult to advance. It is the machine universally employed for making ail except a few special sorts of paper. In the following description we have adopted almost literally the language used by the expert, Arthur D. Little, in his admirably clear and concise exposition of the art.
The Fou7rdrinier is a.n aggregation of several sections, each composed of many parts, and each section performing a function which is in a sense independent, although for the…
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