The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-12-24
~oBEkTS' PETKul. EUN rORPEuO.
EOkP EDO ES.
THE ROB s.RTS
WTRMEuM TaKfElo CO.
Office ut the
x ed PLAEING MILL.
Corner OF Pine ana second Streets.
Near the ksaiirOad,)
mITUSViLLE, Pa.

I Nonmtssioner of Paieuts ilreiusin. To " IN. kred
patent ald tn" itisi IN vi JuI-c a. Z I,ner sus
| tainmg the toherls' pItcat tney lave LOWEnnp
the price VI tueir iorpedo,s
-TwGNri. PGR CENT.
80 that every Operator can afford ~ try Torpedo
before Abandoning Wei.
| The 70 iown, is the decision rendered bv Judue
Nrler on the tweiIty-secono (22l day OF Seltembrr
iS'9, IN the United States Circuit Court AZ Ia lnde
phia The case WAS argued three days bv ,ihnrle.
NJ. Keller OF New York. Is T. Lucas and = A. pur.
| viance Of Pittsburgh, for d-,cudants and C,nrsc
Harding OF PHi'adeiphls, anu George H. Ihrisiy, Vi
| Pittsburgh, for plans.R
OPINION Or JUDGE GRIER
A. write With iiilcalty can only state the con
elusions to which niy mind ha. come atl ,r car. =,
examination Of this case.
| 'ihc com lalnant has exhibited patent dated
2oth of April, 1915. Ihs is pr fsce evidence ul
gooL title, aui puts on the respondents the bur.
den OF PROOF tnit the patsut ia void or wottuIpss
neei not repeat ms enaiks in the case of Good
| year We Dss " Wall, e. Z. keig A.g) bat nov
adopt them aseiiording rne o. decision wlich .,,.
p'ic, CLEARLY 10 tle present c1ss.
! As the Infringement Of tae patent Is admitted
the onl} question will be 80 to the validity ~ com
! piainan patent of Apiii -, ls.S
Ut WAS ait3r spCcGldt on had been reduced IN
practice aud ailer repeated per ilnen,- trjt the
conpailaiit Succeeded III uveTcomin. he urtiuil.,'
aud ignorance OF tue people On the subiect and
pcrsuaGiGg tne pnDlic tnat It's inycutiun w.- use, u
after he hai established lis great uiit, aud value
AND when Ills gen u anG patient perseverance, IL,
spite OF sucer> IA! sco!!., wert. ,o,uu,t.I, .rr
ces-fJl, tar Heed, who had peI, re utrd. r.,sr
men ei. t4e nlc sI'le-t, uHt wis uusuccrs-I. 4.
i'm gine,. that he h'd ie Uest I. .ht tIttclu\eniDu
allei pH'ctsIhS one % more Cou plsiulut'- Tor
peuoes ne aDoIiea on the 1T OF Noy,mOer, 1861.
Tor Il patent lpr substantially the SANE. ,unliun
tons oi ueviceS and 4, liz" Contained in CONN ain
ants pitteut' On Ilio loth OF the same month the
respondents formed theniselve, into comp IN, or
corporation called ''ihe Reel IurIedu t'vtin,tv =
Tor the purpose OF piritiug the c.,nyiniuA ~, in
'e1tion' alt surp31in- the expeusc Il. ltisltiJn,
AID thn- deiraud hun Of the gd.t- The, have ne.
severed, even after the pre- nulry Injunction Very
properly gsauei by the Dis net jla.e
Let cree he entered i, complain at for ,,er.
peiua injunction. and ia-.cr -, ,,pouted 40 i, ,ea
AL "eSoun' aceoI0iiiS u the prayer Of the bill
Ii. O. uRi hK, Judge
NorE.-The passage referred to by Jndy, Grier in
his former dscs'un, Wallace D. 2yy ilontrd 49,
app lcatie to this cas-; was lis follows:
1T Is dtu..s iilc Case Wii.n any valuable 4c,y
cry Is wade, or any ht" haciue of gratu ity l..
invented, tat tention Of he public ha. be N
turned To tiit subject prov Uusly, ana thar m, Y
persons have he II making researches and eynrr;,
Eieais, lhIoe'pnors anu n,.chiuiCiaiis may nav,
~ some N a.nrr anticipated III their sp cuaton,
the possibility or prUDabI " OF surh discovery or
inventions; many experiments Lave bret succcs-rnl
y ulei' coming very near yet failing short OF the
cc-ned result lncy have produced uoh.ns b.pe-
uciL lhtlnVeiilun whe perfected may Iruy b,.
/ said 70 be the eliminating point o. maiIy ex6,ri
mon :, not ON by the inventor. nut by ualIy ,th
ors ne mny ilv, prnted Indirect, by The iin.u,.
ce.siuI experiments ana failures Of uther, but il
gives tne n no rlght to III lre oil the hf NOR r
the prod of the successful inventor fl ia when
speculation has been reduc d to practice when cy
periment Ia resulted in discovery aau when 4 NJ
u-co'nfy M oeeh perfected by patient anu contiu
ued experiments when SONS nev cnmuunrd nrt
manui.!ctH e. or niac.Inc has been ihli, pr, ducrI
"cn |, tsciul tn the pubic that the partv mn iu, If
uerohG- apuolc bei 'idctur and entireC To- a Il ent
"Ahd yet when genius and pili III prr,c,eranc.
have at length. ,nccectcj, in : lie Of IN, er. and
scOfs, some valuable invention or cisco. ery bnv
se'dOm IL II io.iowcl by reward Envy rob- him
ol TIE hpnor, Nhe specUittOrs, sw!nL e s and III.
rates rob him OF the profits. Every Unsuccessful
exJerlnine er whu did or did or diu not come \, rs
near miklig II discovery now claims IT, Every ous
VINO can invent an improvement or vary its i,irm
claims right to pirate the original disc very W..
need not summons norse, or Blauchaid or Wood
worth to prove that this il the usual history of cy
ry great discovery or invention.
The present ctse ADDS another chapter 70 this
long ana uniform history."-2 Wallace, c. Z. lie.
ports p -y9.