Legal Opinion
Ludlow Corporation v. Textile Rubber & Chemical Co., Inc. And Harvey Howalt
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1981No. 78-3435PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the district court’s judgment invalidating plaintiff’s U. S. Reissue Patent 27,366 and dismissing plaintiff’s infringement suit. We affirm.
The patent in question was issued to plaintiff on July 13, 1970 and reissued on May 16, 1972. It covers a process for making a resilient foam product from a frothed-up wet latex compound. The novelty of the process involves drying the foam without its undergoing a phase inversion known as gelling. 1 The resulting product is useful as a resilient backing for such things as shoe innersoles and carpets.
The patented…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Coffin v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Radio Corp. of America v. Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Cochrane v. DeenerSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Adams Extract Co., Cfs Continental, Inc., Townhouse Furniture, Rossville Packing Co., Denver Meat Co., Carron Manufacturing Co., Andre-Boudin Bakeries, Inc., Ilikon Corp., Great Northern Packaging Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees, Pleasure Hours, Inc., London Dry Ltd., Plaintiffs- Objectors-Appellants-Appellees v. The Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, Stone Container Corp., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees. In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Adams Extract Co., Great Northern Packaging Corp., Cfs Continental, Inc., Rossville Packing Co., Andre-Boudin Bakeries, Inc., Townhouse Furniture, Denver Meat Co., Carron Manufacturing Co., Ilikon Corp., Wittek Golf Supply Co., Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. Pleasure Hours, Inc., St. Joe Paper Co., the Continental Group, Okinfraft, Inc., Container Corporation of America, the Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, Owens-Illinois, Inc., MacMillan Bloedel, Inc., Inland Container Corp., Menasha Corp., U. S. Corrugated Fibre-Box Co., Stone Container Corp., Defendants- Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- A. B. Baumstimler v. Bueford B. Rankin, Kenneth J. LaughlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Rohm and Haas Co. v. Dawson Chemical Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1983
- David L. Robert v. Conti Carriers & Terminals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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