Legal Opinion
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. v. Gates Rubber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1931No. 521PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
This is a patent infringement suit brought by the Gates Rubber Company against the B. E. Goodrich Rubber Company. The patent in suit is for improvements in an endless belt. It was applied for by Charles C. Gates on March 18, 1919, and issued on December 20, 1921. It was thereafter assigned to plaintiff.
The trial court held that claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 of the patent are valid, and that claims 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8 had been infringed. Defendant has appealed.
The claims held valid and infringed read as follows:
“1. An endless vulcanized Y-shaped belt having rubberized…
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