Legal Opinion
Armco, Inc. v. Cyclops Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 8, 1986No. 18-1116PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Armco, Inc. (Armco) appeals from the Memorandum and Order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1 granting ap-pellee Cyclops Corporation’s (Cyclops) motion for summary judgment and holding that Armco’s United States Patent No. 3,556,776 (’776 patent) 2 was invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) because the subject matter of the patent was on sale or in public use more than one year prior to the patent’s effective filing date. 3 We reverse and remand because with respect to the section 102(b) issue a trial is necessary for the…
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