Legal Opinion
Sears, Roebuck and Company and the Plymouth Rubber Company, Inc. v. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1957No. 7298_1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The complaint in this suit charges infringement of United States Reissue Patent No. 23,843 granted on June 29, 1954, to Ralph J. Oace, Robert Burns Snell, and Esther E. Le Page, assignors to Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, the plaintiff in the District Court. The original patent No. 2,559,-990 was dated July 10, 1951, and the application for reissue was filed July 9, 1952.
The invention relates to the insulation and protection of electrical conductors. For this purpose the patent specifies an adhesive insulating tape, composed of a film backing mixed with a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- U. S. Industrial Chemicals, Inc. v. Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- The Incandescent Lamp PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Vance v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
- Standard Brands, Inc. v. National Grain Yeast Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Standard Brands, Inc. v. National Grain Yeast Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Plymouth Rubber Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1959
- Johnson & Johnson v. Carolina Lee Knitting Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
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