Splitdorf Electrical Co. v. Dubilier Condenser & Radio Corp.

KNOX, District Judge.

The above-named plaintiff has brought two patent infringement suits against Dubilier Radio & Condenser Corporation. One is based upon Van Deventer patent, No. 1,181,623, and involves claims 2 to 7, inclusive. The other has to do with Hatch patent, No. 1,574,424, and relates particularly to claims 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The patent first mentioned is for “an electrical condenser and manner of mounting the same in an ignition dynamo, ’ ’ and the second is for a ‘ ‘ condenser’ ’ which, in the judgment of Hatch, constituted an improvement over devices of the prior art “wherein a…