Bresnick v. United States Vitamin Corporation

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a complaint upon claim five of Patent No. 2,007,108, issued to the plaintiffs’ assignor, Harry Bresnick, on July 2, 1935. The invention was of a process and product to preserve the potency of “fish-liver oils of high vitamin content,” and to mask their unpleasant odor and taste. Concentrates of these contain vitamins A and D of high potency, the first of which is particularly subject to “oxidation and deterioration,” to prevent which, and to remove the objectionable taste of the oil, the patentee described the following…