Legal Opinion
Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Dayco Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 14, 1988No. 88-1024PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this case the trial court has applied F.R.Civ.P. 56 to enter a summary judgment holding that Patent No. 4,283,455 (’455 patent) is unenforceable for inequitable conduct by the patent attorney or agent who applied for it. The court, however, denied summary judgment, as also sought on grounds of obviousness and noninfringement, but its decision on these issues may have been influenced by its interpretation of the patent respecting the dispositive issue. Burlington Industries, Inc., assignee of the patent, appeals and there is no cross-appeal as to the issues on…
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