Tannage Patent Co. v. Donallan
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
■ This was a suit in equity by the Tannage Patent Company against John É. Donallan for alleged infringement of certain patents for a process of chrome tanning. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
COLT, Circuit Judge.
This suit relates to two patents issued to Augustus Schultz, January 8, 1884, for “a process of tawing hides and skins.” Pátent No. 291,785 is for the general process. Patent No. 291,784 contains a more specific description of the solution which ■ composes the second bath of the process. For present purposes they may be regarded as one patent.
The Schultz patent is for a process of mineral tanning, as distinguished from the old methods of bark tanning. Specifically, it is for a process of tanning by the green oxide of chromium, and is known as “chrome tanning:” As a…
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