Cold Metal Process Co. v. Aluminum Co.

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, Chief Judge.

Cold Metal Process Company (hereinafter called Cold Metal) brought this suit on March 20, 1945 against Aluminum Company of America (hereinafter called Alcoa) for infringement of U. S. Letters Patent Nos. 1,774,016 and 1,779,-195 issued respectively on January 14, 1930 and October 21, 1930 and referred to herein as ’016 and ’195. Each patent was issued upon the original application of Abram P. Steekel on June 30, 1923 and each has long since expired. On December 28, 1945, Cold Metal assigned the patents to Union National Bank of Youngstown, Ohio, which thereupon…