Legal Opinion
Frantz Manufacturing Company, and v. Phenix Manufacturing Company, Inc., And
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 16, 1972No. 18975, 71-1069PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff originally alleged that defendant’s overhead garage doors infringed two mechanical patents and a design patent. Before trial the parties stipulated that the earlier mechanical patent (’699) 1 was not infringed. With respect to the later mechanical patent (’612), 2 the questions are whether the district court, 307 F.Supp. 822, properly construed 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) in holding that the invention was in public use more than a year before the patent application was filed, and if so, whether he properly rejected plaintiff’s alternative contention that the ’612…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gorham Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Smith & Griggs Manufacturing Co. v. SpragueSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Timely Products Corporation, Raphael J. Costanzo v. Stanley ArronCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Trio Process Corporation, in No. 71-1295 v. L. Goldstein's Sons, Inc., in No. 71-1296Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Twm Manufacturing Company, Inc., and Turner Quick-Lift Corporation, Plaintiffs v. Dura Corporation and Kidde, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Tp Laboratories, Inc. v. Professional Positioners, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
- Jack Winter, Inc. v. Koratron Company, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1974
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