Cary v. Wolff’s Empirical Analysis
24 F. 139 · 1885
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Loom Company v. Higgins · Smith v. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co. · Tilghman v. Proctor · Eagleton Manuf'G Co v. West Bradley Cary Manuf'G Co · Brooks v. Railroad Co.
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““The process of the patent does not merely add temper as a quality to steel which did not have it before. It restores the lost strength and elasticity of the wire consequent to the displacement of the particles of which it is composed by the process of making it into springs. The discovery was that the application of heat would effect that restoration, which is a different thing from tempering. Subjection to heat for casting and tempering, and to produce malleability, and for various other purposes, was well enough known; but it was not known for this purpose until it was applied to' this kind of springs in their peculiarly weakened slate. The discovery was of a now application of an old process, which produces a new and highly useful result.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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