General Bakelite Co. v. Nikolas

Citations

• 225 F. 539
• 1915 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1280

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents ©=>328—'Validttx and Inebingement-—Varnishes.</p> <p>The Baekeland patents, No. 951,686, No. 1,018,385, and No. 1,037,719, each for a varnish, comprising a condensation product of phenol and formaldehyde and a solvent although based on prior patents to lite same patentee for such condensation product and the process of producing the same, are for new products, not anticipated, and valid; also, hold infringed.</p> <p>2. Patents ©=3250—Infringement—Chemical Product.</p> <p>It is no defense to a charge of infringement'of a patent for a product produced by chemical process to assert ignorance of the reactions which fake place, and then to claim the right to combine substances, which, on analysis, are shown to cause the reactions of the process loading to the patented product and to obtain that product itself by methods: shown to be those of the patent, even though never before understood until testified to upon the trial.</p> <p>fm Note.—For other cases, see Patents, Cent. Dig. §§ 390, 392, 303; Dec. Dig. ©=3250.1</p> <p>'.5 other cases see same topic KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes</p> <p>3. Words and Phrases—“Pyroxylin.”</p> <p>“Pyroxylin” is nitrocellulose or gun cotton.</p> <p>4. Words and Phrases—“Reactive Film.”</p> <p>A “reactive” film is one in wMcfi a chemical change or reaction occurs upon spreading the film and subjecting it to heat, light, air, motion, or electricity, but without the addition of any chemical substance.</p>