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Egbert v. Lippmann

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Egbert v. Lippmann
by William Burnham Woods
Syllabus

Egbert v. Lippmann, 104 U.S. 333 (1881), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that public use of an invention bars the patenting of it.

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United States Supreme Court

104 U.S. 333

Egbert  v.  Lippmann

APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the

Southern District of New York.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

Mr. J.C. Clayton and Mr. Anthony Q. Keasbey for the appellant.

Mr. John B. Staples, contra.

MR. JUSTICE WOODS delivered the opinion of the court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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