Legal Opinion
Petersen v. Coast Cigarette Vendors, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1942No. 10222PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR, Circuit Judge.
Appellant sued for infringement of claims 2, 3, 4, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of patent number 1,628,062, issued to Neis P. Petersen on May 10, 1927. The District Court concluded, after trial, that the patent should be narrowly construed, in view of the prior art, and that so construed it was not infringed. The complaint was accordingly dismissed with prejudice, and this appeal follows.
The patent in suit is for a coin slot vending machine for packages of cigarettes or similar articles, so constructed that the machine, although having only one coin mechanism, may…
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