The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-01-09
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EORP iGEOOES.
THs; ROBERTS
HE1AMEuM T0RfEDl ca.
Office at tho
RHD FLAMING MILL.
Corner OF pine and second streets,
sNear tho Ratiroad,)
TITUSvILLE, Pa. :,

14AUosALLE, FA n.
Owing to the large and increasing demand For the
/, Roberts Torpedoes, and the late decision OF ihe
COMMISSIONS Of Patents in reiu .ilg to Wn, Reed
patent and the de'isi n of Jdlsc =. uner sls.
laiuing the tUber;s plteat they nave LOMLAkp
the price OF their TorpedO,s
TWENTY, PER CENT.
40 that every Operator can afford IL try a Torped
! before abandoning We'll.
The 70 lowing il the decision rendered hy Jrdco
Grier on the twenty y-seconG (22) dny of s,t.uh.r
1879, IN tile United states Cir.uiI Court M pb in.
phia; The case WAS ar1uea three days by Charles
vance OF Pittsburgh, Tor d,Gudanrs and Ceurvc
Harding Of Philadelphia, ana GevlEe Il. Ihi,l,. If
fitt-bufsh, for plH nia
OPINION OF JUDGE GPIER.
As write with iiil,culty can ONLY state tho co,,
cu''ons to which my mud has couIo after 4 car, n
examination of this case.
Inc com .lIintnl haB exhibited a patent iot,d
18th Of Atsi, 1853 This Is pt ma f.-i, q, tIo, al
good TILE nGI puts on the Respondent, tine hur.
dcn OF rro'i thai Tie paeut is sOd ur worthless
need not repeat my iem8rhs IN The cn., of t,,ni
year " Da> u Mail, c. C. R,p; -.9y b,t u0y
adopt them as alordinga rule oi Lecisiv, " ich n
pile> clearly to tncp esani case.
As the iniringeintneUf the patent is almi,t d.
the oni, question will be as to the VALIDITY al cuu,
plananis patent of April -, ls5S.
'it was a'ttr speculation had been reduced IN
pl"nce, hhd a''er repeated experiments. that the
| atd ignorance of the peupl. On I'm, suhi.,, ,',a
persuacing the public tna his invcu,ion WA. nse W
amer ne '.d e>tio shed Its great u!nty and yiu
and when his gen u anu patient uprspvr,nu,. a.
| spite OF sncers aud scoh@," were ,o,,nt,,,,i, .,n
cessfGi, tnat Heed, who had Deii,te iiiJd, cxri
mem: on ths $ me sapJc.t, and wis un,ucce,-fI
lii 'ha' ie lHd Tue BEST giILl heinNcuf,
amer purchasing Uie y. more co uua.uuit'. t,,r
peuOeS he apDi!eG ON the TT of n .y ,nb,.r 49,;
| ior II pltlnt tor Substantially the sam, ru,uijn,
tun> OIL ueNices and achia"c Obtained in conn Ain
/ m flnF
Respondents formed themselves iuIo A cnmn,,y -,
colloFa'inn called '.iic keed Tulpsdo C,ii,ntny,,
iof !ne p.rpoSe ot pirltins the comp ana.'s in.
vetioil, AM st,ppOrtins the cxuc,.,, "A, it,,;,
ard thus detfaui hia, If the iruIts Tho, n -'',"'
severed, even Hitr the pre- iminury Injunction vr,
properly grantei by the District indse
Let Il cree lie entered Tor commitment rnr , ,,or
petla injunction. and n aastcr appnint.d IN tpl,,
All account according to the nr,ver Of hr LlI ''''
.~s ~ =. GklER, Judge.
NOrE.-The passage referred TO by Judge Gricr in
his former drcis'on Wallace, p. 800 Niopted ns
app lcabie to this case was as follows;
II l. Usually the case. when any valua,le dtscuy
E'y IL 1ade, or any new mac .iue Of er,atu IN l.
invented ti!at thca'tentlOn Of the public hls hc,n
iurucd to that subject prey ously and th1t rnn,
persons HiNe 10. n innlsng researches and cEn,ii
nlehis n Ius'phsr' ana mech nciaiis NAV iny
II some m Hsure anticipated in their 80 c otin,,-
the p'Is>o ity Or prJpaoity Of .urh di,c,,vr, ~,
,hEenilou; many experiments lave b. G, suc,r,-rt
li.ed' eonihg He'y ne9r yer IN ing short ,t the
Z: ~" nu'". IU'y II I'VE DiuuuCNI Egilluu hem.
nchi. Inc invention wis perfected n,iy tyliiv b,
'.lu 10 De the culmiLang paint oi many cxJ,ri
mon :, ii't on 10y The iGve.'ur. huf by mniy ,tl
ots. ne may hay, pruted ia .iiecly by HE irn.uc.
ce'siil' experiments and fixtures of other. INT
gives ne IA no right ~ nm s rrr ui the hr mar nj
we ptonl OF 'ho sit ccssful inventor II l. when
speculation has been reduc d to practice when eE.
pertinent La resulted i lis Uyery and vnr,, I, a
ui'cove'y ma be II peri cicd ty patient ana con,in
ur" cAPrt hicni, "heu soms nGw cun.poInd All
mianu4cln, man, O. or hinoiihr ha- been hui pnduc,,
mlic" Is use,nit thcp9hlic that the party maRingu
becomes npiibiic b Il Factor and eutitedfc Il n emf
ana YET whcii gcniu, aud paii, III ucr. nyprluc
nave ~ length -ncc cdeI, in sic of lr er. uuu
-cohs' me V iuibls inteutiun or uisco"cr how
seldom is il folio Tei by reward Lnvy ,ni. Lr
oi t'e h'nor h!ie s.,cculuOrs, svind.c & and nj.
rates ROD 'hin oi the piufit-. Every ui,,pccr.sui
e&erlmn ner who dii or DID or dig Iint cnmc A. r,
near hiakiHg a disc very n.w claims H. kvrry or.
"io can invent an inpr' Ne!neut Ut vary its i,ru
claims rishl to ira'e the original else very ~.
n'ed not summons O~se, o. Blanchard or W,,d
worth To pr"ve t'iat ri- Is the usual history of eve
ry rr' Al uiscuy' ry or invention
The Present case aGds another chapter 10 l,is
long nnd uniform history Wallace, g. o. rc.
ports p. .92