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CLUETT V. CLAFLIN, 140 U. S. 180 (1891)
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Cluett v. Claflin, 140 U.S. 180 (1891)
Cluett v. Claflin
No. 174
Submitted April 21, 1891
Decided May 11, 1891
140 U.S. 180
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Syllabus
Letters patent No. 156,880, granted November 17, 1874, to Robert Cluett for an improvement in shirts are void for want of invention.
This was a bill in equity to recover for the infringement of letters patent No. 156,880, granted November 17, 1874, to Robert Cluett for an improvement in shirts. In his specification, the patentee stated the object of his invention to be