Legal Opinion
Catalin Corporation of America v. Catalazuli Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 18, 1935No. 193PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is the usual suit in equity upon patent 1,854,600, for a product and process; the only claims in suit are for the process and only four of those, 1, 2, 3 and 5. The product is a chemical combination of carbolic acid (phenol), and formaldehyde, whose supposed novelty lies in its physical, as distinguished from its chemical, characteristics. Lt is in the form of a “gel,” a word denoting the hardening of a colloidal solution, or “sol.” In a true solution the molecules of the dissolved substance are thought of as being dissociated, separate “little masses” moving…
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