Legal Opinion
General Mills, Inc. v. Hunt-Wesson, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 9, 1997No. 96-1238PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge ARCHER. Circuit Judge RADER dissents without separate opinion.
ARCHER, Chief Judge.
General Mills, Inc. (General Mills) appeals from a January 22,1996, order of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, Case No. 95-CV-98, granting summary judgment in favor of Hunt-Wesson, Inc. (Hunt-Wesson), holding that Hunt-Wesson did not infringe claims 1 and 7 of U.S. Patent No. 4,267,420 (the ’420 patent). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On May 12, 1981, the ’420 patent issued to William A. Brastad, who assigned it to General Mills. The ’420 patent…
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