No. 1031

DECISIONS

OF THE

COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS

AND OF THE

UNITED STATES COURTS

IN

PATENT AND TRADE-MARK AND
COPYRIGHT CASES

COMPILED FROM VOLS. 210-221, INCLUSIVE, OF THE OFFICIAL
GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT

COMMISSIONER OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DURING THE YEAR 1915:

HON. THOMAS EWING,

FIRST ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER:

HON. J. T. NEWTON

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER:

HON. R. F. WHITEHEAD.

II

CASES REPORTED.

[Decisions of the United States District Courts are indicated by the letter b; of the Court of Appeals of the

District of Columbia by one star (*); of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals by the letter d; of

the Supreme Court of the United States by two stars, (**).]

A.

*Adams, Conover, and Robinson. Le Compte v..

*Admiralty Trading Company. Alaska Packers Association v.

d Adrian Wire Fence Co. v. United Fence Co...

*Alaska Packers Association v. Admiralty Trading Company..

Allport. Ex parte.

d Alsen's American Portland Cement Works. Edison et al. v.

Altman. Ex parte..

d American Ballast Co. v. Davy Burnt Clay Ballast Co

*American Paint Works, The.

d American Player Action Co.

Lincoln Paint & Color Co. v.....

Autopiano Co. v...

b American Rotary Valve Company. The Vacuum Cleaner Company v....

*Anglo-American Incandescent Light Company v. General Electric Company.

*Astrom v. Weimer..

d Autopiano Co. v. American Player Action Co..

Aufiero. Welch v...

Ayers. Ex parte.....

B.

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*Barthels Manufacturing Company v. United Lace and Braid Manufacturing

Company.

136

*Bechman v. Scott and Scott, executors of Walter Scott, deceased. Bech-

man. Scott and Scott, executors of Walter Scott, deceased, v

*Blaw v. Whitall and McArthur. Blaw and McArthur.

*Boutwell Milling & Grain Co., The. Van Alstyne & Co. v..

*Braemer. In re..............

153

129

**Breuker & Kessler Company. Louis Dejonge & Company v..

**Commercial Acetylene Company and Prest-O-Lite Company. Fireball Gas

Tank & Illuminating Company and Soloman v...

210

341

*Crabill v. Teeter.....

78

d Crown Cork & Seal Co. of Baltimore City v. Sterling Cork & Seal Co....

271

D.

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d Davis Sewing Machine Company v. New Departure Manufacturing Company.

d Davy Burnt Clay Ballast Co. American Ballast Co. v.

*Dayton. Goldberg v..

**Dejonge & Company, Louis, v. Breuker & Kessler Company.

d Diamond Patent Co. v. S. E. Carr Co..

**Dowagiac Manufacturing Company v. Minnesota Moline Plow Company et al.

**Dowagiac Manufacturing Company v. Smith and Zimmer....

*Dunn. Toledo Scale Company v.

E.

Edison. Ex parte.....

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d Edison et al. v. Alsen's American Portland Cement Works...

b Edison, Thomas A., Incorporated. Victor Talking Machine Company v...

*Electro Steel Company, successor of Hammacher Delius & Co., v. Lindenberg

*Ewing. United States ex rel. Lincoln Highway Association, v..

**Ewing, Commissioner of Patents. United States, ex rel. Chott, v..........

*Ewing, Commissioner of Patents. United States, ex rel. Dwiggins, v.

**Fireball Gas Tank & Illuminating Company and Soloman v. Commercial

Acetylene Company and Prest-O-Lite Company.

*Fischer & Company, B., v. Knickerbocker Mills Company.

*Fischbeck Soap Company v. Kleeno Manufacturing Co...

*Fottinger. Bissell v.

Fox. Ex parte..........

*Fox. Malz v. Fox v. Malz...

*Gammeter v. Thropp..

Garrett. McKenzie v.

*Garrett. McKenzie v..

General Electric Company. Anglo-American Incandescent Light Company v..

**Geneva Furniture Manufacturing Company v. S. Karpen & Bros.

*Given, Inc., John M., v. The New York Athletic Club....

d Givens v. Warren....