The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-12-23
soBERrs PETROLEUM Toppr,.

soBERfs PETROLEUM. ToRpEno,
TORP ED
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO Co,
Office mt the
RID PLANINC MIu
c"r or OF Pine and second s,,..,.
Near tho RaiiroaaJ
T1TusV1ILE, PA.
Owing to the large and increasing deu.,,,
RUberts' Torpedoss, and the late dect.i.n IS
Commissioner Of Patents In refusing to Nm !.
patent, and the des4snn Of Judge II. Z Gs.s
the price Of th<if Terpedots "@
TWENTY PER CENT.
before abandoping We'll.
Ihe tO,lowing 10 the decision repdersd hr =,
0rier on the tweity-secono (22l day of So
lSsD, IN the United Ststtr Circuit Courl A. ps :.
pLie. The case was argued three days nv ~.
u. Keller " New York, y. b. Lucas and ~
yiance Of Pittsburgh, for defendants, and a.
Harding Of Philadelphla, and GsOrYe ii. IhL'a y'
PitAburyh, for plaintfi.
OPINION OF JUDGE GRIEs
A I write with difficulty can only ,,,,. IL.
Al, IL s.,l,l ,l,k "A
examination VI this case.
The Complainant has exhibited q pa,s,, A.
18th VI April, 1916. This is prima iacir eyids-
Z good title, aud puts on the rrspundept. rts
den Of pronf that the patent is VOID OF wOrIs
! need NOT repeat my iemaIks in the cas-. I'D,
year W.. Ds, u Wall c. G. Rep .sgJ bl n
sd0pt them as silordipg rule o decision VI N
pics clearly TO the ~ essnt Case.
A. the infringement OF the patent 4, rimb,k
the onl. question will be as to tue yadl, Of
painanis patent of April -, lsjs. 4
81 was afi,r speculation had been r,tu,sT
practice. nnd MAR repeated experiments. n,
complainant .ucceed.d IN over conf The pnj't
and ,gno. snce VI the people Vi, The sutI.II.
persusuiLg tn public tina his Invention wrp,
Mt hc had established It's great utility aua N.
and when his geniIs and p teht perssyergc
spite shs+rs nu scuffs, were onpt,rJs I
X sful, that Red, whu had before Iii DE- ,I,
mt pts on the ssmr subject and was un,ucc =
aud after bur -hasing one more cumpap.u.
peuVss, he !eppli Z on the Is, Of Novrnbef,
tot . pAis' for substantially the ssme oouti{
Ops u dsvicss and inachihe cvn aimed in evup,}
rs,pondents 6rmed thsnss ives into couar,
Cur Grafton called ''ih~ he'd Tori sdo CoulrJ
1T The purpose Of pfating the cOmplainaa',
ventton, aid Supporting the sxpsnsee OF Ii, eN
sad thus defraud him Of ths fruits They h.,,
ssaved, even amer the prelimAry injuLsti.r
properly granted BY tie i,i.lrict Judse:
Ia degree be entend for conf lsna, ta,
X. c. Gi;lEK, snssl
Nofs-The passage referred to bv Judge GheI
bis former DECISION, y Wallace, p. w, sdOp,al
opp icsbis TO this case was as follows
"lt 10 urually the case, when any valuable tis !
cry 10 made, or any new machine Of great uliy
Invented, that the attention of the public b. Z
turned to that subject previously, and that ID
persons have been making researches and eyg(
nisnts. Philosophers and mechanicians may
IN some M. ASSURE anticipated In their spesuIa1
Inc possibility or probability Of such di,cove1 !
invention; many experiments have beet success
ly tiied, coming very near. Yet falling shor )
desired result. They have produced nothing
ficlai The invention whe, perfected may tn!
said 70 be the eliminating point OF nlanS ei'2
Ors. lie may have proftsd Indirectly by hem1
ce.sful experiments and failures Of olhsn, b
gives them no right to clam share oil the hrh
the proht OF the successful inventor II is
speculation has been reduced to practice vhs
psriment ha. resulted Ia discovery and vbeh
discovery has been perfected by patient snd CO.
usd experiments, whsn some new compOand }
manufacture. or maciiipe has been thu pItdl9
which 10 useful to the public, ihat the party nsIil
eseOmes spublic benetactOr and enIiilsclo ls }
sand yet when gepius aAd patk nj ptns'sn1
have at length succeeded, u spite Of sb'eI'
seods, some valuable inveption or oiscotry,
seldom IL Il followed by reward Envy rob. !
q the honor, ~hiie specslators, swindslI sni
ratss rob him 0f the prNats. Every unsutsr
sxpsrinentsf Who did or nd or DID not CONF
Aesr making discovery DOw claims 1t. EdI
vbo can haven't IN Improvement OF vary in
ciatms right 70 pirafs the original discover
eeed not summons Morse, Or BlauchaId a.
worth 70 prove that this is the usual hstor! @ i
| ~ great discovery or invention.
"The present case ADDS another chapter
long and uniform histsry."-s Wsllaco,i T.