Legal Opinion
Frank Adam Electric Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1945No. 12818, 12819PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
In a complaint and a supplemental complaint the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company alleged ownership of the following patents: Kranz, No. 1,551,-314; Anderson, No. 1,675,322; Hogan, No. 1,749,536; Hodgkins, No. 2,073,103; Hodg-kins, No. 2,073,104; and Jennings, No. 2,-190,517, and charged that the defendant Frank Adam Electric Company had and still was infringing certain designated claims of each of said patents by its Type AC circuit breaker service equipment.
The answer denied infringement and alleged invalidity of all the patents in suit.
After trial upon the…
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