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New York Scaffolding Co. v. Liebel-Binney Co., 254 U.S. 24 (1920)
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New York Scaffolding Co. v. Liebel-Binney Co., 254 U.S. 24 (1920)
New York Scaffolding Company v. Liebel-Binney Construction Company No. 22 Argued October 7, 8, 1920 Decided November 8, 1920 254 U.S. 24
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
Syllabus
The Court notices the earlier form of scaffolding used in the construction of buildings. P. 26.
The fact that certain advantages over the prior art asserted for the patented device here in question were not asserted in the patent itself held not to deprive the patent of their benefit in determining whether the device was an invention. P. 31.
Patent No. 959,008, Claims 1 and 3, to Elias H. Henderson, for improvement in scaffold-supporting means, does not involve any invention over the prior art as displayed in the earlier patent to William J. Murray, but merely mechanical change, easy to discern and to make and incidental to the main idea of the Murray patent. Pp. 27-31.
243 F. 577 affirmed.
The case is stated in the opinion.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," New York Scaffolding Co. v. Liebel-Binney Co., 254 U.S. 24 (1920) in 254 U.S. 24 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NF9GL22TRHT2HP8.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." New York Scaffolding Co. v. Liebel-Binney Co., 254 U.S. 24 (1920), in 254 U.S. 24, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NF9GL22TRHT2HP8.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in New York Scaffolding Co. v. Liebel-Binney Co., 254 U.S. 24 (1920). cited in 1920, 254 U.S. 24. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NF9GL22TRHT2HP8.
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