Standard Oil Co. v. Globe Oil & Refining Co.

BARNES, District Judge.

Findings of Fact in Respect of the Lewis and Cooke Patent.

1. Heavier hydrocarbon oils are cracked to make gasoline. The cracking of heavier hydrocarbon oils to make gasoline is a chemical process. The separation of gasoline, kerosene, gas oil, lubricating oil, etc., is generally accomplished by distillation, advantage being taken of the fact that lighter products boil at lower temperatures than the heavier ones. Distillation is not a chemical process. The process described in the Lewis and Cooke patent is not a chemical process, and the patent is not a chemical patent.

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