Consolidated Packaging Machinery Corp. v. General Mills, Inc.

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by Consolidated Packaging Machinery Corporation against General Mills, Inc., for a declaratory judgment upon the following claims of three patents issued to General Mills, Inc., on the applications of Helmer Anderson:

Number

Issued

Filed

Claims

1,772,824

Aug. 12, 1930

July 15, 1929

14

1,984,049

Dec. 11, 1934

June 7, 1932

1, 2, 3, 23

2,083,417

June 8, 1937

Aug. 16, 1934

1, 2, 3.

*558General Mills has counterclaimed, and the suit has been heard as if it were plaintiff. I make the following special findings of fact:

1. Anderson patent No. 1,772,824 (called "First Anderson”) relates…