Legal Opinion
Houston Oil Field Material Company, Inc. v. Robbins M. Claypool and David M. Best, D/B/A Gulf Tool Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1959No. 17529_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree of the trial court sustaining the validity of claims 5 through 11 of Patent No. 2,698,761, and finding that all tools in suit made by appellants constituted infringement.
The findings of fact and conclusions of law, which set out the nature of the patent and the need sought to be filled by the alleged invention are reported at 166 F.Supp. 173, sub nom. Claypool v. Houston Oil Field Machinery Co. We shall therefore not repeat the findings and conclusions; nor is it necessary to discuss in detail the minute structural features…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Jeoffroy Mfg., Inc. v. William T. Graham. William T. Graham v. Jeoffroy Mfg., IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Fritz W. Glitsch & Sons, Inc. v. Wyatt Metal & Boiler Works, Wyatt Metal & Boiler Works v. Fritz W. Glitsch & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Long v. Arkansas Foundry Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
- Little Mule Corporation, Aluminum Products, Inc., and William E. Housel v. The Lug All CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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- M. O. S. Corporation v. John I. Haas Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- Swofford v. B & W, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Diamond International Corporation v. WalterhoeferDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1968
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