The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-01-05
lOplNION oF:supGE CHER

AZ write with difficulty eau only s,a,s ,ha A..
sns,. 10 Sn,cn my ANNE has couie after eai,t,
.. The ccnIisinani h.p exhibited . paten, dsld
18th y April, lt. This Is pr ius ncir jdsc. ~
good fitle, aud puts ou the respondent. Tho ~,
oe,' ., vro", tna' me patent 10 void or worihlem
year We, LA, tz Mall, =. {. Reps 2zy,I bu, nav
adopt ;hein as aiordins rule OF decision SLieh s.
piles cieeri! TO the ptesSnt csss.
As tht infringeuens Of the patent Ia adr,i,,t
tho onl. question win be % to Ia, yaliit, nv ivy,
painsnis patent OF April y, ISIS WIN
u was after speculation had been reduced IN
pH.clire and aftr repeated experiments that tn.
comp Iinnni succeeded In over c.p,ii The nrind.
and iyho ance If tue people OH the ,ub,r,i ant
ptrsuauig th- public THAI his Invention va, u, fu
ait he nad established its gre,t utility and y.ln.
anu when his genius and Patient perseverance, in
CT s!u!, that Reed, whu had before nj d. exter.
iu.nt. OH inc SANE subject and vas un,uec ,,iul
snd after purchasing tie ~ more cumpa pajnau,, a.,
pe-oes, he appii' on the lst OF November, 1857
Tor pSte' for substantially the sam. rombins
ons of dcvic, shnd machine con. aimed in c1p,nlan
ants pttsn; ou The ls,h of :ue sane monlb tb,
Respondents fJrlitd ths;nse IVES iuNo compan, ar
COR ,fation cr'h q h" i.e,d orpedo tumls any,,
the Pnrtos9 Uf p ra,ihg the cuu. pil IL unt in
vention, aud Supporting the expeusee Of litiYa,iu
and thus defrald him Of tho fruits They h,y, p,r.
Se,ve'!; even a'ttr the prei.mary injaueti.n vrrv
pr9p.iE grated ny tic .,is'ric' Jrdts:
Lei degIte De cnei"l for conn lsinaI for Der,
petual injunction; and Master. Byp,iu,r to tale
'li acc'dIt ~, r,Vidiny'y 10 The payer Of tnv. bill
X. Z. GRlER, JuCcs.
SorE The passage referred to by Judge C,risr N
hi. ioriiier 'tc,.'un, 8 Wa'acs, l. 5sy sdoNed &c
app cabie to this case was as follow: - :"
~ IL u.ni'll the care, when any va!uab.s diseo,.
cry wade, or any new machine of a.,niity IL
'uTeird. tLat.tue attention of the publ: has bek
'u'n'i to that subject previously, and that mahy
prisons l,i'e heth makings researches ani eapsri.
Hiens fh'Iororh' r. anu n.chanicisns may have
Nb''be n asnrc Anticipated IN their Iaticns
.he possibility or probability Of such discovery or
,h,cE'lQ; nnny Experiments have btel successfu
y li'td oohis veit Lear. VT filling short Ui the
.t-ltcI retn' They have produced nothing bent
hc.ai ! At Invention ~hr perfected may truly y's
mon =, iit ony by The n,cit0r hut by many o,L.
or- i'e may hsv. Lcoilted indirectly by the un.ue
cr-siui experiments and failures of Others, but Il
-lNe' mem no ryI' to ca share ol the hcnor Of
lie prom oi the sutc''s sful Inventor 1t is when
sttt allOn has been reduced 10 practice when e,-
petIn'' nj la resulted ia discovery and whey tha,
discovery hn' been perfected by patient ana c0ntip
Iwi tSp.fiM cnt., whom some new con,pound, ar;
tsurnctnrs. nr ma hine has been ihn, prcdue.t
w!qcn !. useful hepuhlic that the parry niakins
becomes public 5encfacior and enti,rdto patent
"Ano yet when genius nhd patti, nt perseverant:
nave W length succeeded, in spite Of ~, era and
-tons. some valuable Invention or disco'ery how
seldom is u followed by reward Envy robs hiu'
OF the honor, hiie speculafors, evtnde,s. and p.
fafss rub him OF the prOfts. Every unsuccessiui
egl,erlmyrsr who did or da or did 10. comc very
near making y adscovsry nov claims IL. Every On,
WHO cai invent an Improvement %. va-y ,.y form,
ciams right u niruie the original c!sc,yary. W.
n ei not SUMMONS worse, or Blanchard. Cr Wood
worm 70 prove that Is the usual history Of eve.
2! gr-at discovery Or Invention.
"Ihe,presen1 case noLS another chapter 10 this
long and uniform history.'-2 " sllsce,, :. q ks
ports p "