SIEMENS v. SELLERS


123 U.S. 276 (1887)

SIEMENS'S ADMINISTRATOR v. SELLERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 14, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles S. Whitman for appellants.

Mr. S.S. Hollingsworth and Mr. Joseph C. Fraley for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY, after stating the case as reported above, delivered the opinion of the court.

The questions to be decided, therefore, are whether the English patent (which was given in evidence) was for the same invention as the American patent; and, if so, whether the latter is limited to expire at the end of seventeen years from the sealing of the former. We think that both...

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