Legal Opinion
Transco Products Inc. v. Performance Contracting, Inc. And Performance Contracting Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 14, 1994No. 93-1431PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Circuit Judge.
Performance Contracting, Inc. and Performance Contracting Group, Inc. (collectively Performance) appeal the May 18, 1993, decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Transco Prods. Inc. v. Performance Contracting, Inc., 821 F.Supp. 537, 28 USPQ2d 1739 (N.D.Ill. 1993), holding by summary judgment claims 1-4 of U.S. Patent No. 4,009,735 (Pinsky patent) invalid on the basis of three violations of the best mode requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112. The district court based two of these violations on Pinsky’s failure to update his best mode…
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