Otis Elevator Co. v. Pacific Finance Corp.

Plaintiff’s petition for rehearing indicates the desirability of some amplification of the view heretofore expressed that the master in effect held Claim. 37 invalid because it was functional. See (C. C. A.) 68 F.(2d) 664 .

Claim 37 purports to be a claim for “a control system for an elevator car.” The results to be accomplished by this system are thus stated in the claim: “The stopping of the car at the respective landings upon its approaching said landings in the up direction/' “the stopping of the car at the respective landings upon its approaching said landings in the down direction,” and “the starting of the car from each and every landing in either direction.” The means explicitly described for accomplishing these resulte are a plurality of up and down switches within and also- without the ear for stopping the car on its approaching the landings, and switching mechanism within the car for starting from each landing. Conspicuously lacking from this description of means is any ref erence to the circuits and circuit closing means described in the specifications. The master hold that the circuits and circuit closing means so described could not be read into the claim by…