Legal Opinion
Deere & Company v. Sperry Rand Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1975No. 71-1897PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before TRASK and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, * District Judge.
2Per curiam
Deere & Company (Deere) brought this action to declare invalid four hay-harvesting patents owned by Sperry Rand Corporation (Sperry Rand). The district court held the patents invalid because the patented machine was a combination of old elements anticipated by the prior art of mower-conditioners and containing only obvious improvements upon it. Sperry Rand appeals, limiting its arguments to claims 13 (method), 16 (device) and 20 (machine) of Patent No. 3,375,643 (the ’643 patent). We affirm.
The ’643 patent…
3Cases cited5 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Reeves Instrument Corporation and Dynamics Corporation of America v. Beckman Instruments, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Hewlett-Packard Company v. Tel-Design, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Laurent Regimbal v. Peter Scymansky, Laurent Regimbal v. Lloyd Brulotte, Laurent Regimbal v. Melvin J. NewhouseCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
4Cited by22 opinions
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- Hodgdon v. CampbellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Kamei-Autokomfort, a Corporation of Germany, and Superior Industries, Inc., a Corporation v. Eurasian Automotive Products (Formerly Gus Mozart)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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