Legal Opinion
Tillotson, Ltd. v. Walbro Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 15, 1987No. 86-1189PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHER, Circuit Judge.
Tillotson, Ltd. (Tillotson) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Case No. 85-CV-10270-BC, granting summary judgment in favor of Walbro Corporation (Walbro) and holding Reissue Patent No. 31,233 (’233), assigned to Tillotson, invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 251 (1982). We vacate and remand.
Background
U.S. Patent No. 3,738,608 (’608) issued to Warren D. Nutten and Bernard C. Phillips on June 12, 1973, and was assigned to Borg-Warner Corporation, which subsequently assigned its rights to Tillotson. The ’608 patent…
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