King-Seeley Thermos Company v. Millersville Manufacturing Company

This is a patent infringement suit involving U. S. Patent No. 2,753,694 owned by plaintiff-appellant (King-See-ley) for an ice-making machine. In an opinion published at 296 F.Supp. 247, District Judge Frank Gray, Jr. held that the patent is valid but that under applicable law the patent has not been infringed by defendant-appellee (Millers-ville). Reference is made to the opinion of the District Judge for a detailed statement of facts.

The patent in suit has been held valid in a number of reported decisions. King-Seeley Thermos Co. v. Tastee Freeze Industries, Inc., 357 F.2d 875 (7th Cir.),…