Legal Opinion
Potter Instrument Company, Inc. v. Odec Computer Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 27, 1974No. 74-1081PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
This appeal stems from a patent infringement action initiated by the appellant in the district court, resulting in a judgment dismissing the complaint on grounds that the claims in issue in two patents were invalid for obviousness, under the standard of 35 U.S.C. § 103. 370 F.Supp. 198 (D.R.I.1974). Appellant contends that, as to one of these patents, 1 the district court failed to consider relevant evidence which would have shown that the patent was not “obvious” at the time of application.
The patent claim in question (Potter patent) concerns a chain type belt for high…
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