Legal Opinion
Price-Pfister Brass Manufacturing Co. v. American Standard Inc.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided April 4, 1974No. 71-1832-DWWPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DAVID W. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
Price-Pfister Brass Manufacturing Company is the owner of three patents which relate to single-handled mixing valves, now widely used in bath and kitchen installations. The HindererLyon patent No. 2,977,986 (hereinafter the ’986 patent) discloses a faucet of the flat plate type having a ported valve seat cooperating with a sliding valve plate permitting volume and temperature control. The plate is limited to two modes of motion, angular for controlling the proportions of hot and cold water and radially through the seat for controlling the volume of…
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