APPENDIX. 



PATENTS ON ROASTED COFFEE. 



New Tokk, January 13, 1878. 

 Editor American Grocer : 



We are paying a royalty on roasted and glazed coffee. Some parties claim 

 to hold a patent for the use of starch, gelatinous, and saccharine substances for 

 the purpose, as well as the method of application to roasted coffee. We are in- 

 formed that roasters in Chicago and in some other parts of the country decline 

 to pay them royalty, and if you can inform us on what grounds they decline, 

 and whether there are other patents, and, if possible, whether their patents will 

 stand the test of law, you will much oblige, yours truly, 



BBAJIDS & COTTBEL. 



Perhaps some of the roasters declining will inform you, 

 through us, of their reasons for decliniag to pay a royalty, and 

 we can give no opinion as to the value of an untested patent. 

 We ascertain that the American Glazed Coffee Association own 

 three patents: No. 63,987, issued to Thomas J^. Berry, Lynn, 

 Mass., April 23, 1867, for preparing coffee for transportation, 

 claims 1 ounce French i&inglass and 4: ounces water, the mass 

 mixed and moulded to form; 'No. 73,486, issued to John Ar- 

 bucMe, Jr., Alleghany City, Pa., January 21, 1868 ; the roasted 

 coffee is coated with a preparation composed of Irish moss, ^ ounce ; 

 gelatine, ^ ounce ; isinglass, ^ ounce ; white sugar, 1 ounce ; eggs, 24 

 — the first three are boiled in water and the moss strained clear ; 

 claim the coating of roasted coffee with any gelatinous or gluten- 

 ous matter for the purpose of retaining the aroma of the coffee, 

 and also to act as a clarifying agent ; also patent No. 91,870, 



