Legal Opinion
D.M.I., Inc. v. Deere & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 4, 1985No. Appeal 84-1475PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
D.M.I., Inc. (DMI) appeals from a grant of summary judgment of noninfringement by the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. We reverse and remand.
Background
DMI sued Deere & Company (Deere) for infringement of U.S. Patent 3,817,333 (’333 patent). The patent discloses and claims a plow system with means for adjusting the spacing of plow units while the plow is moving. Claims 1 and 8 are the only independent claims of the ’333 patent.
Claim 1 contains this limitation:
said steering means including compensating means for maintaining said steering…
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