Legal Opinion

Wabash Corp. v. Ross Electric Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 21, 1951No. 21714_1PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The facts in this case have been fully set forth in the opinion of Judge CHASE. I differ with him only in so far as he would hold the product patent valid. Judge Frank and I have been unable to discover any patentable invention in the plaintiffs’ product. The Ostermeier, van Liempt and Crowley Patents taught the art enough to defeat the claims of the product patent relied on. In the first, a metallic foil was used; in the second, a metallic wire; and in the third, metallic wool. The only thing that remained was to fill the entire bulb with the wire for, given…

2Cited by37 opinions

  1. M. O. S. Corporation v. John I. Haas Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
  2. Darsyn Laboratories, Inc. v. Lenox Laboratories, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1954
  3. Ritter v. Rohm & Haas CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
  4. Struthers Scientific & International Corp. v. General Foods Corp.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1968
  5. Patent Scaffolding Co., Inc. v. Upright, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952

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