Legal Opinion
Satco, Inc. v. Transequip, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1979No. Nos. 76-3481, 76-3482 and 77-1006PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Satco, Inc., as holder of United States Patent No. 3,698,677, entitled “Pallet for Moving and Securing Cargo,” issued on October 17, 1972, brought separate actions in federal district court against appellees Transequip, Inc. and Seaboard World Airlines for patent infringement. The district court1 determined that Satco’s device was not patentable, because the pallet failed to meet the statutory test of nonobvious subject matter, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (1976), and the court dismissed the action.
Satco appeals the dismissal, attacking the district court’s ruling that its…
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