Legal Opinion
John F. Cody v. Aktiebolaget Flymo
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 20, 1972No. 23575PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a reversal by the District Court in a patent interference case of a ruling of the Board of Patent Interferences. We are confronted on this appeal with difficult questions regarding both the procedural propriety of the District Court’s decision, and, given the applicable burden of proof and standard of review, the sufficiency of appellees’ proof of reduction to practice. We are also called on by appellants to decide two issues, resolved neither in the Patent Office nor in the District Court, relating to the patentability of appellees’ invention.…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Morgan v. DanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Sanford v. KepnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Hill v. WoosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Esso Standard Oil Company v. Sun Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Montecatini Edison, S.P.A. (A Corporation of Italy) v. Karl Ziegler, and E. I. Dupont De Nemours and Company (A Corporation of Delaware)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Rex Chainbelt Inc. v. Borg-Warner Corporation, Rex Chainbelt Inc. v. Carman Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Velsicol Chemical Corporation v. Monsanto CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Buitoni Foods Corp. v. Gio. Buton & C. S.P.A.District Court, E.D. New York · 1981
- Honeywell, Inc. v. DiamondDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1980
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