Legal Opinion
SSP Agricultural Equipment, Inc. v. Orchard-Rite Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1979No. Nos. 76-3406, 76-3389PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, SSP Agricultural Equipment, Inc. (herein SSP), formerly National *1098Frost Protection Company, Inc. (herein National Frost), and the defendant, Orchard-Rite Ltd. (herein Orchard-Rite), manufacture and sell wind machines utilized by farmers to circulate air through orchards and other crops to prevent frost from settling and injuring or destroying the crops. The propeller fan assembly of SSP’s wind machine is the subject matter of United States Patent No. 2,985,245, presently owned by SSP. The patent was issued May 23, 1961, to National Frost as assignee of…
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3Cited by14 opinions
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