Legal Opinion
Eagleton Manufacturing Co. v. West, Bradley & Cary Manufacturing Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided June 9, 1880PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity. •
1Opinion of the Court
Wheeler, D. J.
This bill is brought upon letters patent Bfo. 122,001, dated December 19, 1871, issued to J. Joseph Eagleton, Sarah N. Eagleton, administratrix, assignor to Eagleton Manufacturing Company, for an improvement in japanned furniture springs. The defences set up in the answer are that Eagleton was not the original and first inventor of the improvement; that the specification is not sufficiently full, clear and exact to enable persons skilled in the art to practice the. invention; that the specification does not contain the whole truth relating to the invention; and that the…
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