Legal Opinion
A. O. Smith Corp. v. Affiliated Gas Equipment, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided December 3, 1952No. Civ. No. 4757PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ATWELL, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff declares upon Patent No. 2267361, December 23rd, 1941, and the reissue of the Andrus patent, No. 23559, September 30th, 1952, and the Uecker patent, No. 2322488, June 22nd, 1943, each relating to a corrosion-resistent metallic structure, with Uecker calling his a glass-lined hot water tank.
I find as facts:—
That those patents belong to the plaintiff as assignee. That Patent No. 2267361 was not accompanied by a drawing. That the re-issue sought and received on September 30th, 1952, was after the defendant had constructed its own water heater, and had been…
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- A. O. Smith Corp. v. Affiliated Gas Equipment, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953