GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the validity of the patent known as the Hartshorne patent (No. 2,079,854) for the treatment of fuller's earth designed to increase the capacity of that substance for decolorizing oil. The District Court held the plaintiff's patent invalid for anticipation by and lack of invention over Ikeda patent No. 1,630,660 (owned by defendant) and the corresponding Ikeda Japanese patent No. 42,368. The plaintiff appeals to this court...
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