Legal Opinion

Perkins Glue Co. v. Standard Furniture Co.

District Court, N.D. New York

Decided February 4, 1922PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In Equity. Suit by the Perkins Glue Company against the Standard Furniture- Company and others.

1Opinion of the Court

COOPER, District Judge.

This suit is for infringements of claims 13, 28, 30, 31, and 38 of Perkins reissue letters patent No. 13,436, granted July 2, 1912, assigned to the plaintiff corporation. The patent relates to glue manufactured from carbohydrate base, cassava starch being preferred and in the practice mostly used.

[1] Before Perkins, animal glue was practically the only glue used in the art of furniture veneering, where strong joints were required. Perkins discovered that there is a point of degeneration of starch at which, when the starch so degenerated is treated to not to exceed three…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. General Electric Co. v. Laco-Philips Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
  4. Cimiotti Unhairing Co. v. American Unhairing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1902
  5. Dunn Wire-Cut Lug Brick Co. v. Toronto Fire Clay Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Holland Furniture Co. v. Perkins Glue Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Perkins Glue Co. v. Standard Furniture Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
  3. Perkins Glue Co. v. Crandall Panel Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1923

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