The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-01-25
iOBERTs PETROLEUM ToRPEDO 9
TORP EDOES.
THE ROBERTS
PETROLEUM TORPEDO CO.
Office ut the
RED pLANING MILL
Cor er of Pine md second Streets
Near the itatirond,j
TITUSVILLE, PA.

iuNciir' TCrred c. md the late decision nj IN,
Comni -sioner Of Patents IN refusing TO Vim p.s as
a patent Md the dccis N of Judge r. G. ,,lIer sns.
tniiing tho Roberts patent they lave LOW LlIp
the price Of their Torpcdo,s
TSENTf PER CENT.
40 that every Operator cau A,!Ora " Try q rornato
Before RDaldouius u We'll
The 10 blowing is the decision rendered by Jrare
Grlcr GU the twenty scoonL l21) day oi s.i',enI,,
le'', III tie United states Cir.uu Cvuii at iluIace
phia. Tile case wan ,reneu ihie &c days b, har,e.
N. Keller oi New York, Is. Luvas and 5. A. Iur.
viahce OF FitisDuIgh, iur dct, Ldahts, aud Io.rye
Harding oi Philadelphia, and Oevigc u. IA,i.Iy 81
Pittsburgh, for piahuh.
OPINION Ok:JCDGE;GRIER
As write with difficulty cnn only state III. Con
clusions to which my mind LAS couno after ca,sfn
examination vi this case.
The com, Ilainant has exhibited n patent da,eo
95th of April, 1865. This Is prnia iacr ideuce OF
a good title, auu puts GA the respondents Tie bur
den Of proof that The pateut ia VOID OF worthless
heeu not repeat III! ei.arks III he case ut Juod.
year VI, DAY u Wall {. L. heu; ..g.J bat new
adopt them a. afordng rule ol decision Which A..
pie, cearl! TO the p' esrnt Gaze.
As the Infringement of the patent is admitted
the oni, question will bc ~ the validity OF con,
palnanls patent oi apiiI -. .ls5S.
Il WAS aittr speculaii Ii LGd been reduced 10
practice. and ait'r repeated experiments Ih,t Ii
complainant, succeed, IN over cOi Y the pr,iudics
and iguo ance uf tue people OIL the sublrti, and
rersuiung thc pu sic TIA his Invention Mus rs,iu
after he lad cstabl shed its great Utility anu value
and when his .eni,s and t'ci.t ps'ssyerAc.,in In
spite O Sneers iu sco,fs, wcr. ,ciupl, ttlys
&C sui, tlat Il I'd, whu had before m,dt ex1er,.
ments un he same subject, and was unsucctsiul
aid after huroha ing ole comp ainauis to,
pc.ues, he applied ON Il l,i VI Noycilbei, 1871,
Tor Il pate. tfor substantially tie came couibilc.
uns ui devic,s and n.uchme cen aiu,d .n c. u,psu
ants patent; On he l5th e tie sane mon Tie
ic pondenis formed the n,e Ives inlo coupany vr
cor cration caI,d 'Ih ed lor edo tIulsny,'
The lur. usJ # pIating die con pli HALT : IN
ven,On, II, -uppor,ug . TIE eApe s,e o. .t CATION.
and tlus deiraud hun OF tie iu'ts. They iiayelcr.
soved. even ai.r the prci.ma iiiuLeti u Vel!
propcsly glaiitcd by Il, T., lc' Judle
Let II deriee be cnter'd fu' COM lsn.i for per
petual injunction; MD Master, ppoine to take
ali account ac, .idiIg 10 the payer VI tie. bill
X. Z. GiLEL JlcEs. RI,
EOrE,--1he passage referred 10 bv Judge GrieT Il
his former dccl- on, 8 allnc-, D. 30 adopted "
app icabie to this case was as follows:
"it l. usually the case, Wien any valuable discoy
cry Is made, or any new machine Of great uiiiy il
Invented, ti!at ttcatteniOn of the public has heel
turned 70 that subject previously, and ilai nal!
persons have besn making researches and expert
ments. Philosophers ana mcchanicans may Rave
~ some nj, aSurr anticipated IN Their sp,cu'atiohs
..ic possibility or prohabi!Ly Of such dlsctNey or
invention: many experiments lave beet suctH'in-
ly tied, couinE yelJ ner. yet falling shoIt ui The
desired res lt. They have produced nothing benz
Gcai The Invention whe. perfected may lruy'
said to he '',e eliminating point OF many eSld
men :, not un by tue invcntOr. hut ly many u'h'
or- lie may hav, prbil,ed Indirectly nv Ihe unsl',
ce-sful experiments and failures Ui,uthtr,. DuI
give, them no right toc.a IN share o. the Lrlotv'
the profit Of The successful inventor II l. wAth
spec uiaiion has been reduced to practice wiehe'
perint mt la. resulted in di-cOvary and wltA l.a
discovery ha- been pclt,Ctcd T.! patient anu e9h.I
ued experiments, when some new comlViid, az
manufacture ur inachinr has been ihu' pndaat
which il useful to thcpuhic, TINT the party nabms..
Deeomcs apubc ben, factor and cnni!eGl"A put
sand YET wnon genius and pali at ltr-t't"'J
have nj length succeeded. in aiie ol -l'e' Du
-rofs. some VI uabv invention Or cisco cry, a. ~;
seldom is il followed by reward Enryi"~ p'%
Of the honor hiie s,.eculaiofs, swhde s,alu III
rates rob him OF the p.ofts. Every u'1u@e'"a,
eXlerinr nirr wiiv did or did OF did n"t 'oht ";
near making n discovery now claims H. t,';
who can invent an impr' Iemeul or vary Is w
claims right TO iTair the Oiiglipl Clsc'""!w,s
I'D hot summons otse. OF Blhnclhid W ~"
worth to prove that this il .ie usual histofyo '"
ry gr.at discovery ur inysniioii. ta
'The present case alds another chap'e, ", y, r. n.
long ana uniform history - Walllce''
ports p. ~