Legal Opinion
Amerio Contact Plate Freezers, Inc. v. Belt-Ice Corporation and Frank W. Knowles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1963No. 18177_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.
Amerio Contact Plate Freezers, Inc. (Amerio), brought this action to have Knowles United States Patent No. 2,-927,443 declared invalid and not infringed by Amerio. As assignee of competing MacKenzie United States Patent No. 2,697,920, the company also sought an adjudication, under 35 U.S.C. § 291, concerning interfering patents. Both patents are for machines which automatically freeze packaged foods. By denial and counterclaim the defendants, Frank W. Knowles, applicant for the Knowles patent, and Belt-Ice Corporation (Belt-Ice), assignee of that patent, joined issue on…
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- In re DybelCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1975
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