Kistler v. Coe

MILLER, Associate Justice.

In October, 1934, appellant applied for a patent upon a material known as aerogel and a patent was granted upon the claims of that application in September, 1937. In April, 1937, five months before the issuance of the patent on his aerogel material, appellant filed a new application, claiming invention of “a method of thermally insulating structures by providing an enclosed space substantially surrounding the structure and filling the space with an inorganic aerogel, such as silica aerogel, and to the thermally insulated structures thereby produced.” In substance,…