Legal Opinion
Evans Cooling Systems, Inc. And Patent Enforcement Fund, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 16, 1997No. 97-1146PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Circuit Judge.
Evans Cooling Systems, Inc. and Patent Enforcement Fund, Inc. (collectively, “Evans”) appeal the September 30,1996 order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut granting summary judgment to General Motors Corporation (“GM”) of invalidity based on the “on sale” bar under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). The appeal was submitted for our decision after oral argument on July 1,1997. Because there were no materially disputed questions of fact regarding whether the patented invention was offered for sale more than one year prior to the critical date and because…
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