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MONSANTO CHEMICAL CO. v. COE

No. 8472.

145 F.2d 18 (1944)

MONSANTO CHEMICAL CO. v. COE, Commissioner of Patents.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided June 26, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harold T. Stowell, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. J. Russell Wilson, of St. Louis, Mo., Herbert J. Krase and Ralph E. Parker, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. E. L. Reynolds, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. W. W. Cochran, Solicitor, United States Patent Office, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice and MILLER and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.

ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

The invention in this case is based upon the discovery that by fusing substances containing tetrasodium pyrophosphate and sodium metaphosphate products may be obtained which are superior for use in softening hard water. On this discovery the Patent Office has allowed five claims covering the process of adding to hard water the products of the fusion of different named substances which contain the above chemicals. Eight claims were refused...

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