Legal Opinion
Acs Hospital Systems, Inc., Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Montefiore Hospital and Wells National Services Corporation, Appellees/cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 27, 1984No. Appeal 83-1121, 83-1132PublishedCited by 200 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.
In this patent case, ACS Hospital Systems, Inc. (ACS), appeals from a judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 564 F.Supp. 330, holding U.S. patent No. 4,183,057, issued to Sonnenberg (the Sonnenberg patent), invalid as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (1976) and not infringed. Montefiore Hospital and Wells National Services Corp. (Wells) cross-appeal from the district court’s denial of their motion for attorney fees. The judgment is reversed with respect to invalidity and affirmed with respect to non-infringement. With respect…
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