Legal Opinion
Wayne K. Pfaff, Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Wells Electronics, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 3, 1997No. 96-1150, 96-1187PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHER, Chief Judge.
Wells Electronics, Inc. (Wells) appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, No. 3:91— CV-1542-H, involving U.S. Patent No. 4,491,377 (’377 patent) owned by Wayne K. Pfaff (Pfaff). The district court held that claims 1 and 6 of the ’377 patent are invalid for anticipation, 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) (1994), that claims 7, 10, 11, and 19 are not invalid and that Wells’ sockets infringed such claims. Wells appeals the judgment as to infringement and validity. Pfaff cross-appeals the judgment of invalidity as to claims 1 and 6.
We hold…
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