The United States of America, petitioner, v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others, defendants (1912)

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ORIGINAL PETITION, EXHIBIT 1. 105 No. 673992, dated May 14, 1901, for vitascope, granted to Thomas Armat. No. 707934, dated August 26, 1902, for projecting kinetoscope, granted E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., as assignees of Woodville Latham. No. 722382, dated March 10, 1903, for animated-picture apparatus, granted to An^-erican Mutoscope and Biograph Company as the assignee of John A. Pross; No. 744251, dated November 17, 1903, for kinetoscope, granted Albert E. Smith; No. 770937, dated September 27, 1904, for kinetoscope, granted the Vitagraph Com_pany of America as the assignee of Albert E. Smith; No. 771280, dated October 4, 1904, for winding reel, granted Albert E. Smith; No. 785205, dated March 21, 1905, for flame-shield for kinetoscopes, granted the Vitagraph Com/pany of America as the assignee of William EUwood ; and No. 785237, dated March 21, 1905, for film-holder for kinetoscopes, granted the Vitagraph Com.pany of America as the assignee of Albert E. Smith; and 3. Whereas, the Licensor is the owner of all the right, title, and interest in and to reissued letters patent of the United States numbered 12,192, dated January 12th, 1904, the original letters patent whereof are num.bered 589168 and dated August 31, 1897, under which reissued letters patent licenses have been granted to the Edison Manufacturing Company of Orange, New Jersey; Pathe Freres, of New York, New York; the Kalem Company (Inc.), of New York, New York; the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois; the Lubin Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Gaston Melies, of New York, New York (for him.self and as attorney in fact for George Melies of Paris, France) ; the Selig Polyscope Company of said Chicago; the Vitagraph Company of America, of New York, New York ; George Kleine of said Chicago, and the Biograph Com.pany, of New York, New York (which licensees are, with their successors as such, hereinafter referred to as ^^ Patents Company Licensees") ; and