Legal Opinion
Continuous Curve Contact Lenses, Inc. v. Rynco Scientific Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1982No. Nos. 80-5864, 80-5906PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, who were Rynco’s competitors, sued to have Rynco’s plastic contact lens patent declared void, claiming the patent had been anticipated by an article in a contact lens journal. Rynco counterclaimed for patent infringement. Rynco appeals a summary judgment for the plaintiffs.
Rynco Scientific Corporation holds United States Patent No. 3,900,250 (’250) which protects the invention of a contact lens made out of clear cellulose acetate butyrate (c. a. b.). The patented contact lens was a breakthrough in optometry because it was the first contact lens that allowed…
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