The theatre of science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry (1914)

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ot^cien cc 15 ture a film that does not infringe the Goodwin patent and process, I quote from the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals : "Claim 10 covers the film support as a new article of manufacture, and the other claims cover the process by which the pellicle is produced. "An examination of the first claim will demonstrate sufficiently the various steps of the Goodwin process for making a transparent, flexible, photographic film pellicle. These are: "1. Dissolving nitrocellulose in a menstruum containing a hygroscopic and a non-hygroscopic element, the latter being of itself a solvent of nitrocellulose and of slower volatility than the former. "2. Spreading such solution upon a supporting surface. "3. Allowing it to set, dry, and harden by evaporation. "4. Spreading a photographic, sensitive solution on the hardened film. "5. Drying the film." It is v/ell to bear in mind that the user, the seller, as well as the manufacturer of an infringing article, are liable for damages. The Eastman film, in view of the settlement, and the cash payment made by the Eastman Kodak Company covering a license under the Goodwin patent, is as free of any cuestion of infringement of said patent as is the Ansco film, manufactured by the Goodwin Film & Camera Co., that has always been, and is the owner of the Goodwin patent. Here we have the amazing spectacle of justice retarded for many years but finally demonstrating its relentless force. The Ansco Film Company's part in the