HATCH V. TOWNE.
139
in that case the views of J udge< NIXON upon the same questhln in Bate Refrigerating 00. v. Gillett, 13 Fed. Rep: 553, ,In the Elite Case,the question arose under section 4887, and, it was complainllnt's United States patent did not expire at the date of the expiration of a Canadian patent, because the application for his patent was dent to the application for the grant of the Canadian patent. The court was of the opinion that it would be wresting the language of the section from its plain and obvious meaning to sustain that position. These decisions have been followed by BRADLEY, J., upon a subsequent hearing in the Bate Case, 31 Fed. Rep. 809, and by COJ.T, J., in Bate Co. v, Hammond, post, 151.
In view of these adjudications, the question should not be considered as an original one. The plea is therefore allowed.
HATCH
v. TOWNE.
«(Jircv,it Oourt, D. Ma88achu8ett8. May 24,
1888.
1.
PATENTS FOR INvENTIONS-OORINGEMIIlNT-Br,ANKS FOR HElEL·STniTJIlNER&
S.
SAME:'
The lI,1"9t claim of letters patent No. 180,MO, granted toJamesL, HatCh,July !5, 1876, for improvements in blanks for heel-stiffeners for boots and shoes, is as follows: "A blank for the manufacture of heel-stiffeners, toe-caps. or box-toes, corrugated at its lower edge prior to being bent to form the flange, substantially as described." Held, in view of the prior state of the art, that this claim is limited to a flat corrugated or indented blank, and is not infringed by defendant's device, a "clalll-sheU" counter, having its lower edge. froin which the, flange is to be formed, corrugated, and the rest of the blank moulded into horizontal curves corresponding approximately with the shape oftheshoe. ,', ,
The second claim of the patent is as follows: "In the process of uring heel-stiffeners. box-toes, and shoe-tips, corrugating the lower <edgeot the bla)1k, then bending the blank into heel or t06 form. and turning ,the ,cor" rugatededge to form the flange, substantially," etc. Held, that thisproces8 contem,plates that the operation of corrugating shall precede that ofbendiilg the blank and turning the corrugated edge to form the flange. The first litep in the process being a flat corrug!1ted blll'lk, it is not infringed by defendant, who does not use such a blank, but makes the sallle machine which corrugates his blank at the same time bend it into the form of aelam Bhllllj or approximately into the form of the heel of a boot or shoe.
In Equity. Bill for infringement of patent No. 180,340. Livermore & Fish, for complainant. W. A. Macleod, for defendant. COLT,
to the complainant July 25, 1876, for improvements in blanks for heel-
J.
This suit is brought upon letters patent No. 180,340, granted
stiffeners for boots and shoes. The improvement consists in a blank in which the edge which forms the flange is corrugated before the edge is bent over or turned, the corrugations enabling the edge to be more easily turned, and making a more even distribution of the wrinkles or crimps, thereby adding to the smoothness of the flange. There are two claims:
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FEDERAL REPORTER.
"(1) A blank for the manufacture of heel-stiffeners, toe-caps, or box-toes. corrugated at its lower edge prior to being bent to form the flange. substan· tially as described. (2) In the process of manufacturing heel-stiffeners, boxtoes and shoe-tips, corrugating the lower edge of the blank, then bending the blank into hflel or toe form, and turnLlg the corrugated edge to form the flange. substantially as described." It is clear to my mind, from an examination of the drawings and specification of the patent, that Hatch intended to limit his patent to a flat corrugated or indented blank, and that therefore the first claim is limited to a blank so formed, and the second claim is limited to a process which consists-Fir8t. in corrugating tbe edge of a flat piece ofleather or pasteboard; 8econd, bending the blank into the heel ortoe form; third, turning the corrugated edge inward, so as to form the flange. Although it may perhaps be said that while the flange of counters had been indented before in prior machines, they had never been really corrugated, yet in view of the prior state of the art, as exhibited in the record before me, I cannot but consider the invention of Hatch as of limited scope. The defendant uses what is calleda "clam-shell counter," which has its lower edge from which the flange is to be formed corrugated, and the rest of the blank moulded into horizontal curves corresponding approximately with the shape of the shoe. The evenness of the plaits in the center of the arch of the flange is not entirely due to the corrugations, but to the tact that a notch is cut in the blank at this point. I am satisfied that defendant's blank is not the flat blank shown in the Hatch patent, and consequently there can be no infringement of the first claim of patent. With respect to the second claim, it does not seem to me that the defendant uses the process therein described. That process contemplates that ele operation of corrugating shall precede that of bending the blank the heel or toe form, and turning the corrugated edge to form the flanp;e. Thlil patehtee contemplates as the first step in his process !t flat corrugated blank, and this the defendant does not use, but the same machine which corrugates the defendant's blank, at the same time bends it into the form of a clam shell, or approximately into the form of the heel of a boot or shoe., Confining the Hatch patent within what seems to me its intended and legitimate scope, I do noL think the deinfringes the second claim. The bill should be dismissed. Bill dismissed.
FREESE 11. SWARTCHILD.
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FREESE 'V.
SwARTCHILD.
SAME '11. GLICKAUF
et al,
(Oireuit Oourt, No D. lllinoia. May 28, 18BS.)
PATENTS FOR WATCHES.
INVENTIONS -INFRINGEMENT -
ROLLER' ABSTRACTOR
FOR
Reissued letters patent No. 9.467. granted November 16, 1880, to Bernard Freese for "a for watches," the fourth claim of which is "a roller-abstractor, having jaws adapted to receive and grasp the roller. and movable sliding spindle to engage with the staff of the balance-wheel, aud a lever for operating the spindle, " are, as to that claim, by defendant's device, although the latter is not adapted to receive and grasp rollers of different sizes, as is complainant's. The fact that a patentee has given to a third party an exclusive license to manufacture anc sell the tools covered by his patent, throughout the United States, the licensee to pay him a royalty on every tool manufactured, does not prevent the patentee from suing for an infringement by others.
B.
SAME-ACTIONS FOR INFRINGEMENT-INTEREST TO MAINTAIN.
In Equity. Bills for infringement of patent, brought by Bernard Freese against Samuel Swartchild and against Glickauf et al, Charle8 T. Brown, for complainant. KraU8, Meyer &- Stein, for defendants. BLODGETT, J. In these cases, which, by agreement of the parties, were tried upon the same proofs, complainant seeks an injunction and decree for an accounting by reason of the alleged infringement of reissued letters patent No. 9,467 granted November 16, 1880, to complainant f.... .r "a roller-abstractor for watches," the original patent having been granted April 10. 1877, and the application for reissue having been filed December 5, 1879. The patentee states the object of his invention is to provide an instrument by the use of which the roller can be easily removed from the balance-wheel of a watch, and which can be easily operated with one hand, and in the use of which injury to the parts will not be likely to occur, and states his device to consist "in two rigid jaws, pivoted to a handle, and combined with a sliding-collar and cross-bar for opening and closing the jaws; in pivoted jaws having extensions and combined with a sliding- bar, handle, and spindle; in pivoted jaws having extensions, and combined with a sliding-bar, sliding-spindle, and handle and lever, and in the movable sliding spindle to engage with the staff of the balance-wheel, said spindle being operated by means of a lever." The patent contains four claims, and infringement is only charged as to the fourth, which is: "(4) Ina roller-abstractor having jaws adapted to receive and grasp the roHer, and movable sliding-spindle to engage with the staff of the balancewheel, and a lever for opel-ating the spindle, substantially as specified." The first. second, and third claims of this patent cover the adjustable pivoted jaws, which are described in the specifications and drawings, and which make the tool applicable to rollers of different sizes, the jaws