The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-03-14

Cw'ng 70 the large a'lj h(feastn demand for tho
hobert, Torpedoe,, and the iat. occasion OF the
Commissioner of pateuts 1T re.u....g to l,m. h,sd
| patent and tn decision OF Jdisc =. G eiier rus
| laiiing the ItOb,rts pntcni they have Low NEHEp
| the pricc Of their Torpcdo,s
| TWENTY PER CENT.
80 thht every Operator can afford IL try Torpedo
4 before abandoning Wei.
Inc blowing is the decision rendered by judge
6ricr On the twepty-~Gconi (..) day OF SrtembSr
iso', III the United states Circuit Court at Philo.e
PIMA: Tue case vas argued three days by ILarips
NJ. Keller OF New York, Is y Lucas and :. a. pur.
vance Oi liusburgh, Tor dryndinis, and Ceurre
Harding of Philadelphia, and George II. ,hris,y of
fit'sbdieh, for piani.f.
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIER.
As write with aitf.culty can only s,nte tho I'm,
cu-lons 10 which my mind has cone after a car,,u
examination of this case.
i'e y, com ,''nant mas exhibited u patent dated
!oi' oi Asii, 1900 This il piln.a facir cvidenc, i
good the, ani puts On the respondent. The h,1r
deii Oh oro'i t.iat the patent is void ur worl!es.
,.r v.' ~, % no' m 'e.fks III TIE case of Good.
year va; pas u MNli, Z. c. iiep; ..9J bit now
adopt tle a. atlur'.in. rule oi decision which .
ples ciea y 10 tue present case.
AZ tue infringement OF tue pae1t 1, admitted
the only quest will be Ms 20 the yalitIty ui ,un,
plaliii1'hs paient OF april -, 1865
"lt was ai'r speculation had been retuced IN
pfacliGe aLd hiter reDeated exporimeats, tl.t In.
complainant sucCcede in overcoming he r,.iud; :,
ahC lSlofalicc oI ti" peupig IN tuU suhi,,t ,n,
persutliug the public th; lis In, en-, ion
aiier nc iii Established it- great utIt, and vain.
ana "heI i- gen u dId patient perseverance, In
spite OF sucer- and scot-,n ~ were ,un,nlrtni, 80
cet-Iul, tiat iced, who had before ,i,d,, ;,xno,
mehts on the s9n,c siirjcct, and was unsucc.ssfI
hiGl4ed tia' TIC had inc best Ii-li ,tueiuyeniiun
after purchasing % more Counln,nnnti Inr'
pehoes lac applied On the ist OF SOW n,b,r Is,,i
.or petynl ior substantially the same comhina
t''is ol devices nl1 a,hinc Contained IN cnnni.in
ants patent. On the 10Th o, the sam, ,nonft ,n
Respondents so;med themselves into a cunI,,.ny "r
s'i s ,o'''ioi ch'ea ne heed Torpedo COMPANY
~, we p,upose oi LlratIns the cJinpainan,s in
'en'lo auu uuppurtin- the expense ,l Iitjrot;nn
ard tnus deiranu MIN Of tine lrli.ts lhey hny. Mr'
seS eleu, even 'itsr me preliminary Injunction Very
property gfhnteI by tue District jude.
Let cree he entered for complainant for n ,er !
pe'ua hJuhctioil and a lsastcr upuonted 10 IN K,
ai atcouni according 10 the prayer Of the bill
IL. 1. Elt, Judge.
NoTE-The passage referred TO bv Judge tirier in
NJ. iorher dec. on 8 Wallace. p. 800 adopted .s |,
app lcabie to this case was as follows:
III IL Usually the case, when uly yalral,e di,c,,,
cry Is uide, or any new filaci.ine of yr,ni mi ;ty
invented i,at tiratcntion uf The public In. 6.,n
urnod TO TN sd',eet previously. ;,ad Ih.i ma,
persons nave been making re,eii chrs s,1 - J
henis thl0sup ers anu NIec,auicj,ps ,na pi
~ some IN as"re anticipated in their 50 chi nts'ms
ne poasioi'ity or probability Of sueh discovery or
II A'''iio' hi,hy experiments have beer succos-ful.
t'er, coii,ihg very bear. yet ia!ing short al the
ieSilcd result They have pruG,iced uoi,iu,, he"i
'cai. lhe inven'ion whct perfected may IrnIv N. |
ala 10 Dc inc thihinnling point OF many py,,.ri |
neA =, hot uniy BY the inventor hut bv tn,nr 4, 81
rs. t'e may nav. lroiied Indirectly BY Ibe i,psnn
essini experiments and failures of others. but H.
Ves te'ii no right To cia share OF the hcnnr of
re pfoai ol the successful inventor IA ia Wien
pcsnIa,,ot t'ss Dien ied'lced to practice when cA
o'iheht "a fesnitei ~ discovery and when tia,
-. ns neen erected by patient ana con,in.
ed experiments, when some new compouna art |
n. iaau!!ctIle, or n,icl'ne has be"n Thu. produced
'hicl Is useful to thepu,ic that the partv inal;ni,
eeUmes apublic beneiactor and cnttIed 10 n ,,"ant
"Aho ye' "hen genius aud paii, 1t perseverance.
ave nt length succeeded, in SPITE of su,ers anJ |
ioiis s!'iiie valuable invention Or cisco~eIy. bnu
einom Is u followed by reward Envy robs linn
tie honor, "hiie speculatOrs, sw.ndlers. and III
l'es son mn OF me profits. Every Unsuccessful
who did or did or did hot come y,rv
ear making ~ discovery now claims il. Every o,.
ll can invent an Improvement vary its iurm
alis t S r,gn, 70 ltae the original discovery. We
'ed not summons morse, or blanchard or wooI | .
great discovery OF invention '' ''o
The present case aods another chanter 10 ,,; 4
ing and uniform history."-2 Wallace, 4. c Ihs In,
orts p %! i'e- Z