Rockwell International Corp. v. United States

MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

Rockwell International Corporation (“Rockwell”) appeals the decision on summary judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims in Rockwell International Corp. v. United States, 37 Fed. Cl. 478 (1997), holding all asserted claims of United States Patent No. 4,368,098 (the “ ’098 patent”) invalid for obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) (Supp. I 1995). Defendant-appellee, the United States and third-party defendant/cross-appellant, SDL, Inc.1 (collectively, “Defendants”) assert that the trial court’s summary judgment that the claimed inventions of the ’098 patent…