THE BARBED WIRE PATENT

No. 128.

143 U.S. 275 (1892)

THE BARBED WIRE PATENT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 29, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John R. Bennett for appellants.

Mr. A.H. Blair and Mr. William H. Singleton for appellees. Mr. D.B. Henderson filed a brief for same.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

No serious question is or can be made regarding the infringement in this suit, the defendants relying solely upon the want of novelty. To determine satisfactorily the question whether there is involved in this device sufficient of novelty to support a patent, it is necessary to consider somewhat at length the progress which had been made in constructing barbed wire fences prior to the issue of this patent, as it...

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