Legal Opinion
Jerome H. Lemelson v. Trw, Inc., and Conco, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 12, 1985No. Appeal 84-855PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENNETT, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, 1 granting the joint motion for summary judgment brought by defendants TRW, Inc., and Conco, Inc., and defendant-intervenor Hartman Metal Fabricators, Inc. (hereinafter collectively designated TRW). 2 The order was based on a determination that U.S. Patent No. 3.389,814 (the ’814 patent) and U.S. Patent No. 3,486,640 (the ’640 patent) issued to intervenor-appellant Jerome H. Lemelson, 3 are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) (1982) due to a “hiatus” in…
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