Legal Opinion
National Recovery Technologies, Inc. v. Magnetic Separation Systems, Inc. And Garry R. Kenny
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 4, 1999No. 98-1134PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
DECISION
National Recovery Technologies, Inc. (“NRT”) appeals from the October 29, 1997 judgment of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, No. 3-96-0154, granting summary judgment to Magnetic Separation Systems, Inc. and Garry R. Kenny (collectively “MSS”). The district court held that claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 5,260,576 (“the ’576 patent”) was invalid for lack of enablement under 35 U.S.C. § 112, paragraph 1 (1994). We affirm the decision of the district court.
BACKGROUND
NRT is engaged in the manufacture and sale of large-scale automated…
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