Legal Opinion
TP Laboratories, Inc. v. Professional Positioners, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 4, 1984No. Appeal Nos. 83-660, 83-680PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
These appeals are from the October 27, 1982 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Warren, J.) dismissing a charge of infringement of a patent for an orthodontic appliance. Sitting without a jury, the court held U.S. Patent No. 3,178,820 (’820), owned by TP Laboratories, Inc. (TP), invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), on the ground that a public use occurred more than one year prior to the filing date of the application for the subject patent.
TP appeals the holding of invalidity. TP admits that the inventor used the dental…
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