Edison Electric Light Co. v. United States Electric Lighting Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District, of New York. In Equity. Bill by the Edison Electric Light Company against the United States Electric Lighting Company. The suit was originally brought on the three following patents: No. 223,898, issued January 27, 1880; No. 227,229, issued May 4, 1880; and No. 265,777, issued October 10, 1882. But by stipulation the bill was amended b}' withdrawing the last two patents.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District, of New York. In Equity. Bill by the Edison Electric Light Company against the United States Electric Lighting Company. The suit was originally brought on the three following patents: No. 223,898, issued January 27, 1880; No. 227,229, issued May 4, 1880; and No. 265,777, issued October 10, 1882. But by stipulation the bill was amended b}' withdrawing the last two patents. As to the other the circuit court found infringement of the second claim, and accordingly rendered a decree for injunction and an accounting. 47…
1Opinion of the Court
Lacombe, Circuit Judge.
On January 27, 1880, under an application filed November 4, 1879, letters patent No. 223,898 were issued to Thomas A. Edison, and by subsequent assignments passed to the complainant. The four claims of the patent are as follows:
“(1) An electric lamp for giving light by incandescence, consisting of a filament of carbon of high resistance, made as described, and secured to metallic wires, as set forth. (2) The combination of carbon filaments with a receiver made entirely of glass, and conductors passing through the glass, and from which receiver the air is exhausted, for…
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