DECISIONS

OF THE

COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS

AND OF THE

UNITED STATES COURTS

IN

PATENT AND TRADE-MARK CASES

COMPILED FROM VOLS. 702 TO 713, INCLUSIVE, OF THE OFFICIAL
GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office
Washington 25, D. C. Price $2.50

COMMISSIONER OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT

OFFICE

HON. ROBERT C. WATSON, from February 18, 1953

Assistant Commissioners of the United States Patent Office

First Assistant Commissioner

HON. ARTHUR W. CROCKER

Assistant Commissioner

HON. DAPHNE LEEDS, from August 31, 1953

CASES REPORTED

[Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents are indicated by the letter (C.); of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office by the letter (b); of the United States Court of Appeals by the letter ("); and of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals by an asterisk (*).]

C. Application Filed Jan. 5, 1956, in re.......

C. Application Filed Jan. 20, 1956, In re....

C. Application Filed Aug. 20, 1949, In re....

C. Application Papers Filed Sept. 10, 1954, In re....

"Arnold, Orlan M. v. Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents_-_.

"Blanchard, Alva G. v. Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents--. *Bocciarelli v. Huffman_.

65

253

*Brandau, In re-.-.

383

*Brown & Bigelow, Paul W. Felt v. Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents

28

*Brown, Alfred S., and William Kernan, In re‒‒‒‒‒‒

122

*Bullitt, Jr., Young et al v..

312

*Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (U. S. A.) Inc. v. Mezger Pharmacal Co., Inc.*Burton-Dixie Corp. v. Restonic Corp-‒‒‒

83

330

*Byers, Anna Rosalie Nelson, Executrix of the Estate of Laud S. Byers, Deceased, In re....

183

C

*Chilowsky, In re--.

155

*Continental Motors Corp., Intercontinental Mfg. Co., Inc. v-

*Deering Milliken & Co., Inc., House of Worsted-Tex, Inc., v‒‒‒ *De Jarlis, In re-..

288

280

*Drillmaster Supply Company et al., The Weatherhead Company, et al., v-

"Esso Standard Oil Company v. Sun Oil Company et al---

33

F

*Food Machinery and Chemical Corp., Hudson Mfg. Co., v‒‒
*Fort Dodge Laboratories, Inc. v. E. L. Haeussler----
*Fuller, et al., Prutton, v--

"Gillette Company et al., (The), v. Sales Affiliates, Inc‒‒‒‒‒ C. Gittins, James v__

"Gold Seal Company et al, S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v.

39

*Gray, In re----

170

*Gruskin, Benjamin, Deceased, By Irma Kelly Gruskin, Executrix, In re

342

III

"Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. et al. v. Sales Affiliates, Inc., The Gillette
Company et al. v. Sales Affiliates, Inc., Sales Affiliates, Inc. et al. v. C. V.
Layden, doing business as Southwestern Beauty Products Company,
Sales Affiliates, Inc. et al. v. Skillern & Sons, Inc. et al..
"Helene Curtis Industries, Inc., et al. v. Sales Affiliates, Inc..
*Holiday Casuals v. M. Beckerman & Sons, Inc---

C. Hough, Frank G., et al., in re application of-

*House of Worsted-Tex, Inc., v. Deering Milliken & Co., Inc..
*Hudson Mfg. Co. v. Food Machinery and Chemical Corp----
*Huffman, Bocciarelli v‒‒‒‒

I

*Ingling, Carl R., National Cranberry Association v..

379

298

298

40

40

111

3

288

189

253

364

*Inman, In re----

86

*Inman, In re....

89

*Intercontinental Mfg. Co., Inc. v. Continental Motors Corp-----

*Jones, Aubrey L. v. Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents----.
*Jones, Donna L. (Kratz), Executrix of the Estate of James J. Jones,
Deceased v. Kuprion---

*Kenya Corporation, The May Department Stores Company, v. *Kiekhaefer Corp. v. Willys-Overland Motors, Inc. etc---

320

393

*Kiekhaefer Corp., Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., etc., v.--.

393

*Kiekhaefer Corp. v. Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., etc., Willys-Overland

Motors Inc., etc., v. Kiekhaefer Corp‒‒‒‒

C. Knol, Landauer, W., and Van der Ziel v. Lindenblad_.

393

1

*Kuprion, Jones, Donna L. (Kratz), Executrix of the Estate of James J. Jones, Deceased v.

77

L

"Lamina Dies & Tools, Inc. v. Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents__ *Lane, Smith v--

*Lawson, Birdsall P., Deceased (Pilling Chain Co., Assignee) In re__

96

"Layden, C. V., doing business as Southwestern Beauty Products Company, Sales Affiliates, Inc. et al. v---.

40

C. Lindenblad, Knol, Landauer W., and Van der Ziel v-

*May Department Stores Company (The) v. Kenya Corporation___.
*May Department Stores Company (The) v. Schloss Bros. & Co., Inc__-.
*Mehltretter, Reiners v.

*Mezger Pharmacal Co., Inc., Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (U. S. A.) Inc., v__

225

201

248

260

320

360

399

83

Miessner, Benjamin F. v. United States of America__.
"Miller, Emery P., and Ransburg Electro-Coating Corp v. Sinclair Weeks,
Secretary of Commerce, and Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of
Patents_
*MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. Co. v. MINNESOTA LINSEED OIL PAINT Co.
(NOW BY CHANGE OF NAME MINNESOTA PAINTS, INC.), MINNESOTA MIN-
ING & MFG. Co. v. MINNESOTA LINSEED OIL PAINT Co. (Now BY CHANGE
OF NAME MInnesota PaintS, INC.), MINNESOTA LINSEED OIL PAINT Co.
(NOW BY CHANGE OF NAME MINNESOTA PAINTS, INC.) V. MINNESOTA
MINING & MFG. Co____

*MINNESOTA LINSEED OIL PAINT CO. (Now BY CHANGE OF NAME MINNESOTA
PAINTS, INC.), MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. Co., v_-

*MINNESOTA LINSEED OIL PAINT Co. (NOW BY CHANGE OF NAME MINNESOTA
PAINTS, INC.) MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. Co., v__.
*MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. CO., MINNESOTA LINSEED OIL PAINT Co. (Now
BY CHANGE OF NAME MINNESOTA PAINTS, INC.), V_-
*Modern Optics, Inc v. The Univis Lens Co------

*Nash, In re--.

N

*National Cranberry Association v. Carl R. Ingling-.

P

*Quaker Oats Co., The v. St. Joe Processing Co., Inc‒‒‒‒‒

272

*St. Joe Processing Co., Inc., The Quaker Oats Co., v

272

*St. Pierre v. Harvey-..

298

*St. Pierre, Harvey v.

298

"Sales Affiliates, Inc., Helene Curtis Industries, Inc., et al. v.. Sales Affiliates, Inc., The Gillette Company et al. v--.

40

40

"Sales Affiliates, Inc., et al. v. C. V. Layden, doing business as Southwestern Beauty Products Company--

40

"Sales Affiliates, Inc., et al. v. Skillern & Sons, Inc., et al..

40

*S. C. Johnson, & Son, Inc., v. Gold Seal Company, et al.

39

*Schlittler et al, In re--

366

*Schloss Bros. & Co., Inc., The May Department Stores Company (The) v-*Shaffer, Jr., In re-

360

138

Skillern & Sons, Inc., et al, Sales Affiliates, Inc., et al. v-

*Sun Oil Company et al. Esso Standard Oil Company v_-.