District Court, E.D. New York February 16, 1940, No. 8043 (General Electric Co. v. Leviton Mfg. Co.)

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff for the alleged infringement, by the defendant, of Patent No. 1,567,863 (so-called Plaster Ear Patent), issued to Howard R. Sargent and'Frank C. De Reamer, Assignors to General Electric Company, for House-Wiring Structure, granted December 29, 1925, on an application filed January 3, 1923. All nine claims are in suit.