PATTERSON, District Judge.
The suit is for infringement of patent to John A. Devendor and William A. Devendor, 1,972,512, for a cloth-covered button. The patent was applied for January 8, 1934, and issued September 4, 1934.
Prior to the alleged invention of the Devendors, cloth-covered buttons with prongs for fastening them to garments had been on the market for some years. These buttons had three parts — a cloth covering, a metal shell and a metal...
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