Legal Opinion

American Air Filter Co. v. Continental Air Filters, Inc.

District Court, W.D. Kentucky

Decided August 20, 1963No. Civ. A. No. 3534PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BROOKS, Chief Judge.

This case involving the validity of United States Letter Patent No. 2,807,-330, owned as assignee by plaintiff American Air Filter Company, Inc., has been held under submission awaiting the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Farr Co. v. American Air Filter Co., Inc., which involved the same patent here in suit. The Farr case, which had been argued before the Ninth Circuit prior to the submission of this action, was decided on May 17, 1963. 318 F.2d 500. It reversed the trial court and held the patent invalid for want of invention.

While it is recognized that…

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American Air Filter Company, Inc. v. Continental Air Filters, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965