Legal Opinion
Great Lakes Equipment Company v. Fluid Systems, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1954No. 12082_1PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, the owner of U. S. Patent No. 2,224,403 issued to Harold A. Lines, December 10, 1940, on an application filed May 12, 1938, brought an action for infringement and injunction. 1 The claims in issue, 4, 14 and 15, are printed in the margin. 2
The patent relates to “electrical heating of storage and transportation system of a viscous fluid.” The specifications state the problem as follows:
“In the transportation or conduction of viscous liquids from a point of storage, for example, such as a tank, to a device adapted to use or ■receive the liquid, difficulty is…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Loom Co. v. HigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- MacHine Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Sanitary Refrigerator Co. v. WintersSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Williams Manufacturing Co. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Cameron Iron Works, Inc. v. Robert O. Stekoll, D/B/A Speed-O-Valve Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Stearns v. Tinker & RasorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Cold Metal Process Co. v. Republic Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
- Coats Loaders & Stackers, Inc. v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
- Wilbur T. Bolkcom and William E. Knapp v. The Carborundum CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
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