Legal Opinion
Medical Laboratory Automation, Inc., a Corporation v. Labcon, Inc., a Corporation, and Ways and Means, Inc., a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 29, 1981No. 80-2468PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EAST, Senior District Judge.
Medical Laboratory Automation, Inc. (MLA) appeals the District Court’s summary judgment entered on September 15, 1980 and holding MLA’s patent invalid for obviousness. We note jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
I. Background
In August, 1972, MLA filed for the patent at issue, claiming an invention by one Scordato and others for a stackable tray to hold pipette tips for use in medical and technical laboratories. The salient features of this claim for purposes of this appeal are that the side of the tray is vertical in its bottom part and inwardly sloping…
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