Legal Opinion
Thomas & Betts Corporation v. Litton Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 14, 1983No. Appeal 83-537PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACK R. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
Thomas & Betts Corporation (“T & B”) appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware that T & B’s U.S. Patent No. 3,990,767 (“the Narozny patent”), issued November 9, 1976, for an “Electrical Contact and Connector Means Employing Same,” has not been infringed by the manufacture and sale by Litton Systems, Inc., Winchester Electronics Division (“Winchester”), of a “single strut” electrical connector construction. We reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
In the early 1960’s, a multi-conductor flat cable having a plurality of…
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