Legal Opinion
L. E. Sauer MacHine Company, Inc. v. Corrugated Finishing Products, Inc. And Shadeland Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 23, 1981No. 79-2509, 80-1086PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a patent infringement suit. After trial the district court found the plaintiff’s patent invalid for obviousness and entered judgment for the defendants. We reverse.
The patent in question is No. 3,522,754, issued to Louis E. Sauer and entitled “Reinforced Freewheeling Resilient Cover for Rotary Die-Cutting Anvil”. It describes a device used in making corrugated containers — cardboard boxes, in plain words. The first step in boxmaking is to cut the paperboard stock into the proper shape and size according to the dimensions of the box desired. This cutting is…
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