Duplate Corp. v. Triplex Safety Glass Co. of North America

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns a glass which is nonshatterable, in that, while it may be broken, the broken pieces stay in place and will not splinter. It is largely used in automobiles, and since, as stated by the court below, 60 per cent, of automobile personal injuries are caused by flying splinters, not only its commercial value will be seen, but if protected by a patent, such patent partakes of the humane. See J. L. Mott Iron Works v. Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. (C. C. A.) 159 F. 135, 138, where this court in an analogous situation said: “He contributed to an important…