Legal Opinion
Gardco Manufacturing, Inc. v. Herst Lighting Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 8, 1987No. Appeal Nos. 86-1264, 86-1607PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal and cross-appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, No. C 84-7748 SW (N.D.Cal. Apr. 11, 1986) (Williams, J.), holding U.S. Patent No. 4,390,930 (the '930 patent) unenforceable because the patent applicants were guilty of inequitable conduct before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and refusing to find this case “exceptional” under 35 U.S.C. § 285. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On April 15, 1981, Douglas J. Herst (Herst) and Peter Y.Y. Ngai (Ngai) filed application Serial No. 254,462 which resulted in…
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