Hughes Aircraft Co. v. General Instrument Corp.

OPINION

PETTINE, District Judge.

This is an action for patent infringement and the court has jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter. Two patents are involved, to wit:

a) U.S. Patent No. 2,694,168 entitled, “Glass-Sealed Semiconductor Crystal Device,” issued November 9, 1954 to the plaintiff as assignee of Harper Q. North and Justice N. Carman, Jr. (hereinafter referred to as “the North patent”) and

b) U.S. Patent No. 2,742,383 entitled, “Germanium Junction-Type Semiconductor Devices,” issued April 17, 1956 to the plaintiff as assignee of Sanford H. Barnes and Justice N. Carman, Jr.…