Legal Opinion
Thomas A. Gardner v. Tec Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 12, 1984No. Appeal 83-697PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Circuit Judge.
Thomas A. Gardner appeals from the order and judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin dismissing his complaint for patent infringement against appellees TEC Systems, Inc., et al. (TEC) and holding claims 1, 3, 4, and 8 1 of his U.S. patent No. 3,452,447 issued July 1, 1969 (the ’447 patent), invalid for obviousness under 35 USC 103. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The Claimed Invention The ’447 patent describes and claims a device which is especially useful in drying the ink used on the high-gloss papers of which many periodicals are made. In…
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