Legal Opinion
Technicon Instruments Corp. v. Alpkem Corp.
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided September 11, 1986No. Civ. 85-1564-PAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PANNER, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Technicon Instruments Corporation (“Technicon”) brings this patent infringement action against defendant Alpkem Corporation (“Alpkem”). Plaintiff asserts that Alpkem’s RFA-300 liquid analyzer infringes U.S. Patent No. 3,804,593 (’593). The ’593 patent applies to continuous flow analysis of liquid samples. It issued April 16, 1974 to William J. Smythe and Morris H. Shamos as inventors. The patent application was filed May 25, 1964. Technicon, a New York corporation, is the assignee. I find for the defendant.
Alpkem denies that the RFA-300 infringes the ’593…
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