Legal Opinion
Uniroyal, Inc. v. Rudkin-Wiley Corporation, Premix, Inc. v. Rudkin-Wiley Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 13, 1988No. 86-1300PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHER, Circuit Judge.
Rudkin-Wiley Corporation (Rudkin-Wiley) appeals the judgment by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut holding U.S. Patent 3,241,876 (’876 patent or Saunders’ patent) invalid for obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (1982 and Supp. III 1986) or, if valid, not infringed by Uniroyal, Inc. or its successor in interest, Premix, Inc. (collectively, Uniroyal). We affirm-in-part, vacate-in-part, reverse-in-part and remand.
BACKGROUND
This case was initiated by Uniroyal in 1975 by the filing of a declaratory judgment action to have the ’876 patent declared…
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