Legal Opinion
Maxon Premix Burner Company, Inc. v. Eclipse Fuel Engineering Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 20, 1973No. 71-1756 and 71-1757PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
Eclipse Fuel Engineering Company appeals from a district court decision enjoining Eclipse from infringement of a patent owned by Maxon Premix Burner Company, Inc. Maxon cross-appeals, challenging a finding of non-infringement by a prototype burner developed by Eclipse in 1963.
Maxon and Eclipse are engaged in the business of selling industrial gas burners. For many years the parties to this appeal competed in production and sales of line burners used for heating moving air by direct contact with a gas flame. Operation of these burners revealed that improvement was…
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