Case Name: Bantz v. Frantz
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1882-03-20
Citations: 12 F. 221
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bantz v. Frantz.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 12
Pages: 221–221

Head Matter:
Patents — Reissues—Laches.
Bantz v. Frantz.
Appeal from tho circuit court of the United States for tho district of Kentucky. This case was determined in the supreme court of the United States on
March 20, 1882,

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Woods
delivering tho opinion of the court and affirming the judgment of the circuit court.
Where, under the original patent, suit could be maintained only against those who employed the combination embracing all the distinct contrivances described in Hie reissued patent, a reissue which claims each device separably is too broad, and consequently void. If any correction was desired it should have been applied for immediately — the right is abandoned and lost by unreasonable delay. Miller v. Bridgeport Brass Co. 3 Morr. Trans. 419, followed.