United States v. Cold Metal Process Co.

ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action praying for cancellation ab initio of Steckel patents 1,744,016, and 1,779,195, for fraud upon the Commissioner of Patents in the procurement thereof, or in the alternative, as to 1,744,016, for mutual mistake of fact upon the part of the applicant and the Commissioner of Patents. •

Patent 1,744,016, issued January 14, 1930, solved the problem of cold-rolling steel and other metals to thin strip form without the intermediate annealing processes theretofore practiced. Patent 1,799,195, issued October 21, 1930, applies to 4-high mills, and particularly to…