Legal Opinion
RPTZ-Patco, Inc. v. Pacific Inland Navigation Company
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided March 31, 1966No. Civ. 63-109PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILKENNY, District Judge:
Plaintiff charges the defendant with an infringement of the Pickrell Patent, U. S. Letters Patent No. 3,033,150. Defendant counters with a challenge to the validity of the patent.
The patent covers a barge, designed for the simultaneous transport of petroleum products and dry cargo, under conditions which meet Coast Guard safety standards. Described, is a V-shaped dry cargo hold, immediately below the weather deck and extending over the length of the barge’s storage area. Below this hold is a cofferdam, V, in shape, an empty space between two V-shaped layers of the dry…
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