Legal Opinion
Advance Transformer Co. v. Melvin L. Levinson
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 28, 1988No. 87-1011PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Melvin L. Levinson appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, which held invalid and not infringed his United States Patents Nos. 3,876,956 and 3,792,369, refused to declare an interference under 35 U.S.C. § 291, and awarded attorney fees to the declaratory plaintiff Advance Transformer Co. 1
We affirm the judgments of noninfringement of United States Patents No. 3,876,- 956 and No. 3,792,369, and vacate the judgments of invalidity with respect to both patents. The refusal to declare an interference is affirmed.…
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