Legal Opinion
Jervis B. Webb Company v. Southern Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 16, 1984No. 84-568PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KASHIWA, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Civil Action No. 80-2465-M), entered September 7, 1983. The district court declared that claims 1-12 of appellant’s patent, U.S. Patent No. 3,451,352 (the “352 patent”) were invalid. The district court, accordingly, dismissed appellant’s complaint and entered judgment against appellant. We affirm in part and vacate in part.
The Invention
Appellant’s invention relates to a power and free conveyor for carrying heavy loads such as automobile parts in a factory. The…
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