...described in some printed publication prior to his supposed invention or discovery thereof; or "Fourth. That he was not the original and first inventor or...material and substantial part of the thing patented; or "Fifth. That it had been in public use or on sale in this country for more than two years before...

...described in some printed publication prior to his suppesed invention or discovery thereof; or, Fourth. That he was not the original and first inventor or...material and substantial part of the thing patented ; or, Fifth. That it had been iu public nee or on sale in this country for more than two years before...

...true that the defendant in such a suit may plead and show, as the statute provides, that the patentee was not "the original and first inventor or discoverer...material and substantial part of the thing patented"; and it is also true that the answer in the present instance sets up this defense, as well as all the...

...the Supreme Court of the United States, and in discussing the statutory defence that the " patentee was not the original and first inventor or discoverer...material and substantial part of the thing patented" observed: — Taking these words in their natural sense as they would be read by the common man, obviously...

...discovery thereof, or more than two years prior to his application for a patent therefor; or "Fourth. — That he was not the original and first inventor or discoverer of any material or substantial part of the thing patented ; or "Fifth. — That it had been in public use or on sale...

...named in the patents more than two years before the complainant's application therefor, and of proving that he was not the original and first inventor or discoverer of said improvements. The defendant also filed in the clerk's office of the circuit court long anterior...