IN RE GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA

Patent Appeal No. 2755.

49 F.2d 966 (1931)

In re GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

May 27, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Wallace White and Wallace White, both of New York City (Joseph W. Milburn, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellant.

T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C., for the Commissioner of Patents.

Before GRAHAM, Presiding Judge, and BLAND, HATFIELD, GARRETT, and LENROOT, Associate Judges.


GARRETT, Associate Judge.

Appellant is, and for some time has been, engaged in the business of selling gasoline sold in bulk. In June, 1928, it began to introduce into its product a sufficient quantity of violet coloring matter to give a violet hue to the entire mass of gasoline so treated. The claim is that the introduction of this coloring matter was and is for no functional purpose, but solely for the purpose of distinguishing appellant's gasoline from the gasoline...

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