Legal Opinion
Rice v. Nash-Kelvinator Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1945No. 9923PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the complaint in a patent infringement suit and holding the claims of Carpenter patent 1,919,500 for an “apparatus for controlling the flow of refrigerant in a refrigerating apparatus” to be functional in character and void for direct anticipation by prior patents and for lack of patentable invention. The three claims of the patent are printed in the margin.1
The stated object of the claimed invention is to provide means positioned between the condensing or liquefying apparatus and the cooling unit for restricting and accurately…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United Carbon Co. v. Binney & Smith Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Western States MacH. Co. v. S. S. Hepworth Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- United States Gypsum Co. v. Consolidated Expanded Metal CompaniesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Lincoln Stores, Inc. v. Nashua Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1946
- L. M. Leathers' Sons v. GoldmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1958
- Gunter & Cooke, Inc. v. Southern Electric Service Co.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1966
- Frank B. Killian & Co. v. Allied Latex Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Barrott v. Drake Casket Co.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1960
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