Legal Opinion
Pate Co. v. RPS Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 28, 1978No. 74 C 3092PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BUA, District Judge.
Before the court are defendants’ motions for summary judgment of patent invalidity on the basis of obviousness, aggregation and overclaiming. Defendants have also moved to dismiss certain non-patent claims for lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter and for summary judgment on a remaining non-patent claim.
The patent in suit, United States Patent No. 3,807,110, covers a multipurpose roof penetration curb which is intended to provide a weatherproof seal at points where pipes of various diameters pass vertically through the flat roofs of industrial buildings. The…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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3Cited by2 opinions
- The Pate Company, an Illinois Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Rps Corporation, a Corporation, and Raymond W. Resech, Individually, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Rite-Hite Corp. v. Kelley Co.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1983