Case Name: PETTIBONE et al. v. STANFORD
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1892-10-26
Citations: 53 F. 118
Docket Number: 
Parties: PETTIBONE et al. v. STANFORD.
Judges: Before WOODS, Circuit Judge, and BUNN, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 53
Pages: 118–119

Head Matter:
PETTIBONE et al. v. STANFORD.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
October 26, 1892.)
1. Patents for Inventions — Extent of Claim — Prior State of Art — Infringement.
Claim 3 of letters patent No. 245,634, issued August 16, 1881, to Thomas J. Jenne and Charles S. Harmon, for an improvement in lifting jacks, describes the combination, among other things, of “the standard. A, provided with the arms, V, * * * collar, C, having the trunnions, O, working in journals at the tops of the arms, Y.” Held ihat, in view of the prior state of the art, the claim is limited to the specific elements named, and is not infringed by a jack having a collar integral with the standard, and incapable of any movement. 48 Fed. Rep. 802, affirmed.
2. Same — Extent op Claims.
Claims cannot be enlarged by construction. 48 Fed. Rep. 802, affirmed.
Appeal from. Hie Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois.
In Equity. Suit by Pettibone, Mullikeu & Co. against Arthur L. Stanford for infringement of patent. Bill dismissed. See 48 Fed. Rep. 302. Complainants appeal.
Affirmed.
Dyrenforth & Dyrenforth, for appellants.
Geo. Payson and L. L. Bond, for appellee.
Before WOODS, Circuit Judge, and BUNN, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The decree appealed from is affirmed, upon the grounds stated in the opinion of the court below.