Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corporation v. Coe

(dissenting) .

I think there was no invention here; and I think weight should be given to the presumption of administrative correctness.

As the court states, among the uses of vinyl resin disclosed by Klatte is “an odorless, fireproof film which may be used for coating * * * various substances such as wood, paper,, textile fabric and artificial stone with the effect of imparting high resistance to the action of water, acids, alkalis and atmospheric changes;” and Kratz had applied a vinyl resin film to gelatine to produce “a thin, transparent sheet, substantially moisture proof, and especially…