Legal Opinion

Petroleum Rectifying Co. of California v. Reward Oil Co.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 4, 1919No. 3219PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Second Division of the Northern District of California; Jeremiah Net-erer, Judge. Suit by the Petroleum Rectifying Company of California against the Reward Oil Company, From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

The appellant brought suit in the court below for infringement of patents. Upon the issue of infringement that court found for the appellee and dismissed the appellant’s bill.

The appellant is the assignee of patents granted on March 21, 1911, to Cottrell and Speed, numbered, respectively, 987,115 and 987,116, the first of which is for the process of separating and collecting particles of one liquid suspended in another liquid, and the second is for apparatus by which the process is carried out. The invention *178relates to the elimination o£ water from crude petroleum as it…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Cochrane v. DeenerSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Risdon Iron & Locomotive Works v. MedartSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. Eames v. AndrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  5. Mergenthaler Linotype Co. v. Press Pub. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1893

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Alexander Anderson, Inc. v. EastmanDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1936
  2. Carson v. American Smelting & Refining Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1923
  3. Claude Neon Electrical Products, Inc. v. Brilliant Tube Sign Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1930
  4. Gere v. Canal Boiler WorksDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1940
  5. Angle v. RichardsonDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1937

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