Legal Opinion
Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 5, 1942No. 37PublishedCited by 435 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
This is an action in equity brought by respondent for infringement, inter alia, upon claims 2,3, and 11 of patent No. 1,736,544, granted November 19,1929, on the application of H. E. Mead, filed August 24, 1927, for a cigar lighter. The District Court held these claims not infringed. 34 F. Supp. 146. The Circuit Court of Appeals reversed, holding them valid and infringed. 117 F. 2d 361. We granted the petition for certiorari, limited to the question whether claims 2, 3, and 11 of the Mead patent are. valid, because of a conflict between the decision below and Automatic Devices Corp. v. Sinko…
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