Stafford v. Albers Bros. Milling Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Suit by Jerome F. Stafford against Albers Bros. Milling Company. From a decree for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
In a suit for infringement of letters patent 860,418, issued July 16, 1907, to the appellant, the court below adjudged that the appellee had not infringed. The patent is for “a process or method of burning crude petroleum.” The invention is based upon the introduction of an oxygenous fluid under pressure into a confined body of liquid oil a short distance before it reaches the point of combustion, which is the point of its liberation from confinement. The apparatus is shown in the accompanying cut:
*87In the specification it is said:
“It is found in practice that the result…
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