Legal Opinion
Micro-Magnetic Industries, Inc., a Corporation v. Advance Automatic Sales Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1973No. 72-2733PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
This is a cross-appeal in a suit for patent infringement. See Micro-Magnetic Industries v. Advance Automatic Sales Co., 9 Cir., 1973, 488 F.2d 770. Micro-Magnetic Industries, the plaintiff below, appeals from a summary judgment holding that its U. S. Patent No. 3,256,968 (the Riddle patent) is invalid as a matter of law. We reverse.
The relevant facts are as follows: In 1960 Micro-Magnetic was formed as a sole proprietorship by John Riddle in order to develop and market currency recognition devices for use in vending machines. The original device produced by…
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