Legal Opinion
Chicago Rawhide Manufacturing Co. v. Crane Packing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 4, 1975No. 74-1714, 74-1715PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, the owner of a combination patent relating to a rotary seal assembly (Hatch ’843), 1 appeals from a judgment holding the patent invalid as obvious. Defendant has cross-appealed, claiming that plaintiff’s failure, during the prosecution of the patent application, to cite two prior patents described in its own internal memorandum as “the patents of most concern,” and its use of a misleading affidavit to avoid another prior art reference, made this an exceptional case entitling it to an award of fees. Defendant has raised other issues which we do not reach…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Williams Mfg. Co. v. United Shoe MacH. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941
- Terrell J. Reese and Reese Products, Inc. v. Elkhart Welding and Boiler Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Deep Welding, Inc. v. Sciaky Bros., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Laser Alignment, Inc., and Contractors Automated Devices, Inc. v. Woodruff & Sons, Inc., and Roy J. WoodruffCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by36 opinions
- E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company v. Berkley and Company, Inc., E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company v. Berkley and Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Peter Gabor Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
- Albert M. Spound v. Mohasco Industries, Inc., Albert M. Spound v. Mohasco Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Solder Removal Co. v. United States International Trade CommissionCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1978
- Saf-Gard Products, Inc. v. Service Parts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
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