Armstrong Cork Co. v. W. & J. Sloane Mfg. Co.

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

TMs case concerns generally the floor covering linoleum, and specially and from a patent standpoint only one kind, viz. “molded inlaid linoleum,” as distinguished from plain linoleum, painted linoleum, and straight-line inlaid linoleum. Plain, single-colored linoleum is made by passing between heated rolls a burlap backing and a superimposed layer of hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork. It has been so made since 1860. Painted linoleum has figures painted on its surface, and it, too, has been made since 1860. The third, or inlaid linoleum, gets its name from…