In re Anderson

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, refusing to allow any of the claims in the case.

The invention relates to an improvement in the construction or preparation of the matrices used in type-easting machines like the linotype, employed in the art of printing. The matrix used in such machines is a thin, generally rectangular, brass plate, having on one edge a mold from which a letter is east, and on the opposite edge an “index character” showing the same letter as the mold. When in use, the matrices are arranged in proper order in a line, and…