Legal Opinion
Inject-O-Meter Manufacturing Company, Inc. v. North Plains Fertilizer and Chemical, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1971No. 29362PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge.
The subject of this patent appeal is liquid fertilizer. Appellant, Inject-O-Meter Manufacturing Co. (IOM) is the owner 1 of patents for an apparatus (U. S. Patent No. 3,326,232, June 30, 1967 hereinafter apparatus 232 patent) and a related process (U.S. Patent No. 3,375,976, April 2, 1968, hereinafter process 976 patent) for injecting liquid fertilizer into a crop irrigation system. (Appendix, figure 1) Appellee, North Plains Fertilizer and Chemical Co. (Norpak) has developed and marketed an unpatented device for the same purpose. (Appendix, figure 2) IOM has alleged…
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