Legal Opinion
Control Components, Inc., and Richard E. Self v. Valtek, Inc. And Alpha Engineering Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1980No. 79-1626PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge.
Defendants, Valtek, Inc., (Valtek) and Alpha Engineering Co., (Alpha) appeal from a district court judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict finding that they infringed *765various claims of a United States patent on fluid control valves owned by Control Components, Inc. (CCI). We affirm.
Industrial Setting
Valtek and CCI manufacture industrial control valves used to regulate the flow of high pressure fluid in severe service applications. Conventional valves are unable to avoid two major problems associated with high pressure fluid flows: internal damage when the fluid is…
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