Legal Opinion
General Electric Co. v. Refrigeration Patents Corp.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 19, 1946No. Civil Action 2601PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, District Judge.
This is a suit for a declaratory judgment that claim 11 of the Bronaugh and Potter Patent No. 2,056,165, owned by the defendant, is invalid, and if valid, is not infringed by a product contemplated to be built by the plaintiff.
The Bronaugh and Potter patent relates to a domestic electric two-temperature refrigerator. Claim 11 includes four elements, to wit: (1) Two separate insulated compartments; (2) a single refrigerating mechanism for cooling the two compartments at the different temperatures; (3) a thermostatic switch to control the refrigerating mechanism and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- E. Edelmann & Co. v. Triple-A Specialty Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1937
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3Cited by19 opinions
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