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

JUN 8 1916

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..

Aufiero. Welch v.

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

Ayers. Ex parte.

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243

34

*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. Whitall v..

95

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

*Braemer. In re..

153

129

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

d Columbia Metal Box Co. v. Halper....

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

210

Tank & Illuminating Company and Soloman v...

341

*Crabill v. Teeter......

78

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

271

D.

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

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

*Dayton. Goldberg v..

180

223

139

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

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

314

201

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

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

*Dunn. Toledo Scale Company v.

320

320

127

Edison. Ex parte.....

E.

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
Steel Company...

*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.

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66

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327

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F.

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

Acetylene Company and Prest-O-Lite Company.

341

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

*Fischbeck Soap Company v. Kleeno Manufacturing Co..

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...

134

335

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d Givens v. Warren..

160