Legal Opinion
Mercantile National Bank of Chicago v. Howmet Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 24, 1975No. 75-1081PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
We are asked in this appeal to reexamine the issue of the validity of the patent held valid by this court five years ago in Mercantile National Bank of Chicago v. Quest, Inc., 431 F.2d 261 (7th Cir. 1970), cert. denied, 401 U.S. 956, 91 S.Ct. 977, 28 L.Ed.2d 239 (1971). The District Court decided this issue, as well as issues of infringement, inventorship, and enforceability, in favor of the patent owner. We affirm.
The patent, which covers a portable device for providing continuous-suction evacuation of a closed surgical wound through a needle and tube connected to a…
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