Featheredge Rubber Co. v. Miller Rubber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio; John M. Killits, Judge. Suit by the Eeatheredge Rubber' Company against the Miller Rubber Company and others. From a decree for defendants (250 Fed. 255), complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
A patent infringement bill, in the usual form, was dismissed by the court below on final hearing because the-patent was thought invalid for the reason that it did not sufficiently disclose the true invention. The patent is No. 1,045,234, issued to Willis and Felix, November 26, 1912, upon an application filed February 4, 1907, and is for a “process for making artificial sponges.” The title to the patent had duly passed to the Featheredge Rubber Company, the-plaintiff below.
The case rests úpon the distinction between sponge rubber and rubber sponge. Sponge rubber is an…
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