Legal Opinion
Hartness International, Inc., Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Simplimatic Engineering Co., Appellant/cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 12, 1987No. Appeal 86-1037, 86-1086PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.
In this case, Hartness International, Inc. (Hartness International), sued Simplimatic Engineering Co. (Simplimatic) for infringement of two patents, No. 3,788,034 (’034) and No. 3,911,647 (’647), both relating to devices used to load bottles into cartons. The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia held: 1 (1) the ’034 patent was not procured by inequitable conduct and it remains enforceable; (2) claims 1, 2, and 7-11 of the ’034 patent are not invalid for obviousness, but claim 3 (dependent on claim 1) of the ’034 patent is invalid…
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