McEwan Bros. v. White

TOWNSEND, District Judge.

This is a suit upon letters patent. No. 492,927, granted March 7, 185)3, to Robert B. McEwan, Jessie L. McEwan, and Richard. W. Alelí wan, for an improvement in paper board. The object of the alleged invention was to obtain a superior quality of paper board at a reduced cost. The specification states that this is accomplished by such processes as subdivide and preserve the permanent particles of printers’ ink in newspaper stock, so that they may be blended with the fibers of the paper without impairing (he strength of the fibers by bleaching out the ink. The claim is…