Killian v. Dean Rubber Mfg. Co.

REEVES, District Judge.

This suit involves an alleged infringement of United States Letters Patent No. 1,605,445. The issue is simplified by frank statements of counsel on both sides of the case.

The contest, or issue, is reduced to the sole question whether the claims of the patent can be applied or read on defendants’ machines. The plaintiff admittedly owns the patent. The general purpose of the patent is to: “Form a grommet, commonly known as a bead on the open end of tubular rubber articles manufactured by the dipping process and has for its object the provision of simple, durable means for…