Legal Opinion
Metallizing Engineering Co. v. Kenyon Bearing & Auto Parts Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 10, 1946No. 131PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The defendants appeal from the usual decree holding valid and infringed all but three of the claims of a reissued patent, issued to the plaintiff’s assignor, Meduna; the original patent issued on M,ay 25, 1943, upon an application filed on August 6, 1942. The patent is for the process of “so conditioning a metal surface that the same is, as a rule, capable of bonding thereto applied spray metal to a higher degree than is normally procurable with hitherto known practices” (p. 2, lines 1-5). It is primarily useful for building up the worn metal parts of a machine. The art…
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