Patented Telephony

Excerpt From Patented Telephony. The Interpretation Was That The Statute Means What It Says That A United States Patent Expires With A Foreign One Granted To The Same Inventor For The Same Invention Prior To The Date Of That Which Is Issued In The United States. It Had Been The Almost Universal Practice Among Attorneys To Understand Sec. 4887 To Mean That A Domestic Patent Expired With A Foreign One Granted To The Same Inventor For The Same Invention Prior To The Date Of Application For The United States Patent. Consequently For A Great Number Of Inventions An Application Was First Made For United States Letters Patent And Afterwards For Foreign Ones The Latter Being Allowed To Is Sue Before The American Grant....