Gasoline Products Co. v. American Refining Co.

MORRIS, District Judge.

The bill of complaint of Gasoline Products Company, Inc., alleges that the defendant, American Refining Company, Inc., was a licensee under United States letters patent Nos. 1,203,-312, 1,437,229, and 1,423,500; that the license was terminated on December 9, 1924, and that the defendant has continued, since 'that date, to practice and use the inventions of those patents. The plaintiff now asks that the defendant be required to answer the following interrogatories:

“(1) Is the apparatus for cracking hydrocarbon oils, which defendant has used since the 9th day of December,…