Legal Opinion
Gordon Gould, Refac International, Limited, Patlex Corporation, and Creative Patents, Inc. v. Control Laser Corporation and Holobeam Laser Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 30, 1989No. 88-1121PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHER, Circuit Judge.
ORDER
Gordon Gould, Refac International, Limited, Patlex Corporation, and Creative Patents, Inc., (Patlex) appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, holding claims 1, 6, 8 and 10 of U.S. Patent No. 4,053,845 (’845) invalid.1 Control Laser Corp. and Holobeam Laser Corp. (Control Laser) informed this court by letter that it will not appear and defend this appeal.
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The ’845 patent, directed toward laser amplifiers, issued October 11, 1977 to Gordon Gould. This case is a consolidation2 of two patent…
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