Federal Manufacturing & Printing Co. v. United States

The Federal Manufacturing and Printing Company, a corporation organized in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, instituted this action for royalties for the use of patented power plate-printing presses by the defendants, in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing under written agreements with certain assignors. The demand is for $120,000 to $160,000, the difference being whether one of the patents was limited in its duration because issued in England before it was in this country.

In the original petition it is alleged that plaintiff was the assignee of certain patents, and that…