Legal Opinion
Fred Whitaker Company v. E. T. Barwick Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1977No. 74-3112PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Fred Whitaker Co. (Whitaker) charges that E. T. Barwick Industries, Inc. (Barwick) has infringed the ex- elusive rights Whitaker owns under claims 4 1 and 10 2 of U.S. Patent No. 3,012,303. The patent in suit is a combination process patent. It describes a process of dyeing and treating yarn for use in carpets and upholstery fabrics. The district court held that the patent is invalid and, even if valid, uninfringed. We agree that the patent is invalid, and, for this reason, hold that the district court properly'dismissed the action.
I. Description of the patent
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