District Court, District of Columbia February 12, 1951, Civ. A. No. 3085-49 (Spialter v. Marzall)

PINE, District Judge.

This is an action under § 4915 R.S., 35 U.S.C. § 63, seeking an adjudication that plaintiff is entitled to a patent on a high wet strength paper and the method of making it. The process consists in subjecting a cellulose paper web to the action of silicon tetrachloride or some other inorganic halide of silicon or titanium in order to increase its wet strength.