Siemens v. Chambers & McKee Glass Co.

Buffington, District Judge.

This suit is brought by George H. Benjamin, in the name of Frederick Siemens, of Dresden, Germany, and Alexander Siemens and others, executors and trustees of Sir William Siemens, late of Westminster, England, against the Chambers & McKee Glass Company, of Jeannette. It is for an alleged infringement of patent right in defendants’ using what are known as “deep-tank” furnaces. The questions to be passed upon are of grave importance, involving, as they do', the right to use for continuous glass melting any tank of a depth of more than 18 inches. In view of its…