The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-10-21

Owing TO the large md inereas'n de rand for the
Roberts Torpedoei, and the hate decision of the
Commissioner of Patents iurefu.,na TO Wm. Reed
u paent. and the decision OF Juisc 4, g. C,rer sn =
ta'1ii,g the Roberts patent they Lave LOWERED
the price Of their Torpedots
TWENTY. PER CENT.
20 mat every Operator can aigorl 10 try Torpedo
be'ore abandoning u Wei.
~ ihe following is the decision rendered by Jndre
Sricr on the twenty second (22) day of Sei,tember
IS!9 IN the United states Crrnit Court Mt Philadel
PIi1: lhe case vas argued three days by Charles
NJ Keller Of New York! B. f. Lucas aud s A. Pur
Nanoe OF ftttshnrgh, for defen lanis and Ceorre
Harding of Philadelphia, ana Geor.., II. Cbri.,v ST
fitisburgh, Tor plaintiff. ~ -
OPINION Of JUDGE GRIER
As write with difficulty cau only state the con
cluscn> TO which my mind has con,a af,'a. % ~ on
examination Of this case -"'''
Ihc o0mplainint has exhibited a notcnt 6,,,s
1'th oi April, 1919 This il priml facie evidence of
a aroTi title, and puts on the respondents the bnr
an Oh pronf that the patent is void or worthless
need not repeat my remarks in the case of Good.
year " Day u Wall, C. G. Rep; 2agD bnt nav
Snpp' ,ncii rs ahordin- rule o decision which an.
plies clearly TO tae present case P
Us the infringement of the patent /. ,5,,i, %,
Re only question will DC TO the valid.ty of rom
piainants patent Of April 5Is5S. Vi eoiA
'it was after speculation had hoe, rod,,,oa a.
praciice," and after repeated experiments that ~
Soinpainant succeeded in overcoming he prejudice
.'.u Slor.nce Oh the people on the subject, and
Persuadng the public that his invention was sa,i
Mtsr ne had established its great utility ond all,
and "when hls genius and uatsnt '''1e e.
ci pS " thn, p i SCOTS, were cornpletcW suc-
cessiul, that Reed, who had before made cvnnr;
ments IN the same subject, and was unsucca.l,f,i
ha1saed tha ne had the best right to the inye1iio,
" l.ei Pn,unnsihs one OF more complainant- Tor
Peuoe>' ne apoIied on tho LIST of Noynnb.r ,es1
tor pnteht Tor substantially the ,onn co,,,,;
s ',, y. uo.Ses ana 'arhinc Contained in con,nlun
an, p,sc.s' On tne 10th OF the same month the
IeSppntchtS io.ined III hsmseivls into comn,ny n'.
corporation caliett ''lhc Reed formed, CnaS y,
& ,or .;e puIposs OF niratn9 the ctmD!ainani,s in.
and bn, " sndphftint tns expense of litigation.
severe, even after the preliminary iniunction ~
Pior'fiy granted nv the District .iutc. 'e's
,.,m,t ;;; nc entered Tor complainant for per
Ie'uni injunction. and II Master apDointad rn pi p.,
an account according to the prayer Of the lii, 'Nc
H. " GkIER, Judge.
NorE--Thc passage referred TO BIZ ,rrdyo Cr;or
MS iormer decision, Wallace D. ooo ,,'!9 "ii9r ID
app c.bfe to this was rs follow. "op'ed as
spy ;s ,n. ,iJ ne cnso' when any valuable d,cov
y is "aue' or any new machine Of pr.ol nj ;,
l'ehicu' tilat the heaitentiOn of the mill 10 h, u, '.
@ III, h'a 10 liltt subject prev Ously ani th.. 80,
pe.sops IaVe ~, nesh making Researches ard ern'r
Iheh's. philosophers ana mecllniciars -, =. p Pr
IN some measure anticipated in lLe;. nay nave
tic possibility or pronnty of srfb ,i;Oil9 ~. l.iOil9
~ imNtio; many experiments have been s;,ocps.r,i
a. a. .r, eon.i X very near yet falling short sf ,i
ceNred result They have produced nnfhinS ~ , .he
ai "a me Invention wier perfected NAV frnIv ho
man 10 DC. ne me ctInnating point OF maHv ex3e,i
oIs ne may have protlted in directly bv tl. 1 o,
ceIsiui experiments and failures OF oi,,.,a
TNea men no right to cain share of the hcnnr r
specu;n,on y" ss .g s, cessiai inventor 1t is when
spoIua'.oh ~ nus Deen reduced to Practice whsn o..
psrnieht a' resulted In dis over and vhcm 10,
h,'osn'! mas been perfect by patient ana rnnt;
mn,uIac,p,n ,'s, az wien some new compound art.
;.'i .uuntuie Q: or machine has been Ibnt n-cdrci
mc. IS ,ser to thepnbiic that the party ,noLn,ii
.I 'pIniIc beh.iictor and entitled 10 a ,o.e,,t
bo,.a M YET when genius and pai, mt ptr.cyernnr
nave at length succeeded, in sli a Of -
r.ois, some valuab. invention or cis,ocr, ,'n a,,
s,aoin =, . is II followed by reward Envy rohs him
y, .ne h"nor, "l!iie spccul,ors, swnc s. ana nj
@ ue' op MN OF the profits Every un,rccn.sttnl
eaterin,iiler who did or did or did iIot come vrrv
,xh oa m,'fing aolscoYeiy now claims IT, Every ons
,n; mmo e.n nvtnt an Improvement or vary rs urn
si'ins rig'it 10 pirate the original discovery W.
,.,r, men, nos summons Morse BlnchnrJ. or Wood
worm 10 prove that iis is the usual Li,tor, of c
~ Great discovery or invention ''! Vi eve
"Ihe present case adj. nnotbar ,hor,o ~
ports p. 29?. "'aeo' u y. lie