FORWARD PROCESS CO. v. COE

Nos. 7358, 7359.

116 F.2d 946 (1940)

FORWARD PROCESS CO. v. COE, Com'r of Patents.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 9, 1940.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence M. Fisher, of Washington, D. C., and Raymond F. Adams, of New York City, for appellant.

William Wallace Cochran, U. S. Patent Office, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, EDGERTON, and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.


Rehearing in 7359 Denied January 7, 1941.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

These are appeals from decrees of the District Court dismissing bills to obtain patents.1 The claims relate to the cracking of oil, to produce gasoline, by passing preheated oil through a series of pipes or "steam heat exchangers." As the District Court states, "The oil enters the first of the steam heat exchangers at a temperature of from 400° F. to 450...

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