Legal Opinion
General Instrument Corporation v. Hughes Aircraft Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 18, 1968No. 6999PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Defendant appeals from a judgment of the U. S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island declaring plaintiff’s two patents, North and Barnes, valid and infringed. While both patents relate to semiconductor devices, the issues as to each warrant separate discussion.
I. The North Patent
The North patent (No. 2,694,168, applied for March 31, 1950 by Harper Q. North and Justice N. Carman, Jr., issued November 9, 1954) describes a glass-sealed housing containing a semiconductor crystal 1 connected on one side with a terminal lead wire and on the other with a metal point…
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