National Tube Co. v. Mark
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio; John E. Sater, Judge. Suit in equity by National Tube Company against Cyrus Mark, An-son Mark, and Clayton Mark, partners, as the Mark Manufacturing Company. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
[1] This is the usual patent infringement suit, brought by appellant, as plaintiff in the court below, and based upon patent No. 888,984, issued May 26, 1908, to Charles Fell for “apparatus for rifling pipes or tubes.” Pipes used for the transmission of liquids had always been constructed with as smooth an inner surface as possible, in order to minimize the friction. It developed that in the long-distance carrying of the heavy viscous oils of California, the adhesion of the oil to the inner surface of the pipe was a serious obstacle. In 1904 Isaacs and Speed made an…
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