Gandy v. Main Belting Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TOUTED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. The court stated the case as follows: ' This was a bill in equity for the infringement of letters patent number 228,186, issued June 1,1880, to Maurice Gandy, for an improved belt or band for driving machinery, and an improved mechanical process of manufacturing the same.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TOUTED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. The court stated the case as follows: ' This was a bill in equity for the infringement of letters patent number 228,186, issued June 1,1880, to Maurice Gandy, for an improved belt or band for driving machinery, and an improved mechanical process of manufacturing the same. In his application the patentee .stated that his invention consisted, ■first, of an improved cotton belt; second, of an improved mechanical process 'for making cotton belts. “ The belt consists, first, of cotton canvas or duck…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beown
delivered the opinion of the .court.
The bill in this case was dismissed by the court below upon the ground either that the second.claim of the patent was anticipated by a provisional specification of Robert B. Jones filed in the'office of the British Commissioner of Patents, July , 31, 1878; or, if Gandy made the invention before the date of Jones’ specification, that there had been a public use and sale óf the invention for more than two years prior to the application for the patent in suit — in other words, that the same ' testimony which showed priority of invention on the part of Gandy,…
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