Legal Opinion
Ralston Purina Company v. Far-Mar-Co, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 19, 1985No. Appeal 84-1237PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Circuit Judge.
The decision of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, holding claims 1-52 of U.S. Patent No. 3,940,495 (Flier) not invalid, and holding claims 1, 2, 8-20, 22, 23, 25, and 29-33 willfully infringed, is affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part.
Facts
The Flier invention is the first successful process, and resultant product, for directly and continuously restructuring oil seed particles, preferably soy particles, into a textured, chewable, fibrous, meat-like food product. Restructuring is accomplished by mechanically working defatted, moistened soy…
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