Legal Opinion
On-Line Technologies, Inc. v. Bodenseewerk Perkin-Elmer Gmbh, Perkin-Elmer Corp., Perkin-Elmer Inc., Sick Upa Gmbh, and Sick, A.G.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 13, 2004No. 04-1291PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
The dispute in this case involves a device known as a long-path gas cell, which is used in an infrared spectrometer to determine the composition of gases such as emissions from industrial plants. The spectrometer captures the gas to be tested and directs a beam of infrared light through the chamber containing the gas. After the light has passed through the chamber, a detector measures the absorption of the light, from which the properties of the gas can be determined.
It has long been understood in the art that lengthening the light path in the gas cell chamber can result…
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