Legal Opinion
Central Soya Company, Inc. v. Geo. A. Hormel & Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1981No. 79-1959PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
This is a patent infringement case involving pork fritters. 1 United States Letters Patent No. 3,208,856, entitled “Meat Product and Method and Apparatus for Making Same,” was issued on September 28, 1965, pursuant to an application filed by Fred W. Luker, the inventor, on January 9, 1962. The claim of what we shall hereinafter refer to as the Luker patent is as follows:
A method of making a food product in the form of a patty comprising applying a coating of crumbs of breading material to a slice of raw meat and subsequently compressing said slice under pressure…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Radio Corp. of America v. Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Mumm v. Jacob E. Decker & SonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- The Eimco Corporation v. Peterson Filters and Engineering Company and Komline-Sanderson Engineering CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Central Soya Company, Inc. v. Geo. A. Hormel & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
- Lam, Inc. v. Johns-Manville Corporation and Johns-Manville Sales CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
- Ralston Purina Co. v. Far-Mar-Co, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1984
- Plastic Container Corporation v. Continental Plastics of Oklahoma, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Central Soya Co., Inc. v. Geo. A. Hormel & Co.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1982
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