Perkins Glue Co. v. Crandall Panel Co.

HAZED, District Judge.

In this suit in equity we are principally concerned with the asserted infringement by defendant, Crandall Panel Company, Inc., of reissue patent No. 13,436, dated July 2, 1912, issued to plaintiff corporation, assignee of the executrix of the patentee. The patent relates to an ádhesive glue for wood veneering, made from vegetable starch (process and product), which has substantially the same properties as animal glue, well known in the art to possess great adhesiveness for wood.

Marked consideration has heretofore been given the Perkins patent in the District Court, and…