Rengo Co. Ltd. And Simon Container MacHinery Limited, in No. 80-2556 v. Molins MacHine Company, Inc., in No. 80-2557

I concur with the disposition of this case by the majority opinion, although I should have been willing to affirm simpliciter and approve the District Court’s determination on the crucial issue of validity vel non of the patent, as well as with respect to the incidental issues of jurisdiction, entitlement to the date of foreign filing, adequacy of description and claim, and file-wrapper estoppel.

I believe that the District Court in substance did determine the issue of validity in accordance with the criteria of Graham v. John Deere, 383 U.S. 1, 17, 86 S.Ct. 684, 693, 15 L.Ed.2d 545 (1966),…