Legal Opinion
Toledo Scale Corporation v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Toledo Scale Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1965No. 16010PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns an invention (stated in 23 counts) designed to speed up the operation of automatic elevators. It is undisputed that inventor Phillip C. Keiper, who assigned his patents to appellant Westinghouse, first conceived of this invention. It is also undisputed that Westinghouse first applied for patents thereon.
Shortly after Keiper conceived of the particular invention involved here, Walter A. Nikazy, an engineer employed by the Haughton Elevator Company, independently conceived of essentially the same scheme. Nikazy’s claims have been assigned to Haughton,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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