Legal Opinion
The Toro Company v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc. And Wci Outdoor Products, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 24, 2001No. 00-1561PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
On remand from this court, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota granted summary judgment that White Consolidated Industries, Inc. does not infringe The Toro Company’s United States Patent No. 4,694,528 (the '528 patent) under the doctrine of equivalents (DOE). Because the district court’s summary judgment was improper, this court vacates the judgment and remands for trial.
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Toro owns the '528 patent which discloses and claims a “convertible vacuum-blower.” Vacuum-blowers are handheld machines used to vacuum leaves and small debris, or to disperse…
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