Legal Opinion
The General Tire & Rubber Company v. Jefferson Chemical Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 28, 1974No. 909, Docket 74-1050PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
This patent appeal is another illustration of the absurdity of requiring the decision of such cases to be made by judges whose knowledge of the relevant technology derives primarily, or even solely, from explanations by counsel 1 and who, unlike the judges of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, do not have access to a scientifically knowledgeable staff.
The case is unusual in several respects. The chemical patent in suit, Heiss Patent No. 3,102,875, of which defendant Jefferson Chemical Company, Inc. (Jefferson) is the assignee, was pending in the Patent Office for…
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