Legal Opinion
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Garlock, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 28, 1988No. 87-1296, 87-1341PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Circuit Judge.
These are cross-appeals from the February 6, 1987, Order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio holding that: (1) Garlock, Inc. (Gar-lock) infringed claim 19 of W.L. Gore & Associates’ (Gore) patent No. 3,953,566 (’566) by its process for making PLASTO-LON film; (2) Garlock infringed claim 19 of the ’566 patent by its process for making PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) filament; (3) Garlock did not infringe claim 3 of the ’566 patent by its process for making PLASTI-THREAD tape; (4) Garlock infringed claims 14 and 43 of Gore’s patent No.…
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