Samuel Blatchford

“ It does not authorize him to grant a reissue for a different invention, or to determine that one invention is the same as another and different one, or that two inventions essentially distinct constitute but one. ”

“ The nature of said invention consists, partly, in the combination of a fixed internally toothed circular rack and a concentric going barrel or plate with a mainspring, a transmitting wheel rotatting with said barrel, and a fixed clock movement. ”

“ The model showed a completed clock, and contained whatever was and was not invented by Hotchkiss.
'In the specification of the second reissue, the patentee omitted the entire description which has been quoted, and inserted the following: 'My invention relates to an improvement in clock movements, the object being to make a clock movement which shall be simple and durable in its construction, of small initial cost in manufacture, and the several parts of which shall be relatively arranged in such manner that the movement may be inclosed in a small and compact case. ”

“ In combination with a pendulum rod and adjustable pendulum ball, a spring arranged to force said ball down against the adjusting nut. (10) In combination with a pendulum rod and an adjustable pendulum ball, a spring fitted into a recess of said ball, and operating to force the latter lown against the said nut. (11) In combination with the adjusting nut of a pendulum, a clock-case bottom, perforated at A2, and a key having a prismatic recess fitting said nut, whereby the height of the pendulum ball may be adjusted by the key from the outside of the clock-case, substantially as set forth. ”

“ For such inventions he is required to make a new application, subject to such rights as the public and other inventors may have acquired in the mean time. This, we think, is what the present statute means, and what, indeed, was the law before its enactment, under the previous act of 1836. If decisions can be found which present it in any different aspect, we cannot admit them to be correct expositions of the law. ”