A. J. PARETTA CONTRACTING CO., INC.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (14 total)

• Armour & Co. v. Wilson & Co., Inc., 274 F.2d 143 (7th Cir. 1960)
  …Linde Air Products Co., 1948, 336 U.S. 271, 69 S.Ct. 535, 93 L.Ed. 672, our court had held that patentable invention is a question of law. National Slug Rejectors v. A.B.T. Mfg. Corporation, 7 Cir., 1947, 164 F. 2d 333, 336, certiorari denied, 1948, 333 U.S. 832, 68 S.Ct. 459, 92 L.Ed. 1116; Harley C. Loney Co. v. Ravenscroft, 7 Cir., 1947, 162 F. 2d 703, 704. In Graver, [69 S.Ct. 537] Mr. Justice Jackson, speaking for the Court, held that “where the evidence is largely the testimony of experts as to which…
• E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Berkley & Co., Inc., 620 F.2d 1247 (8th Cir. 1980)
  …Oberweger, 115 F. 2d 826, 828, 28 CCPA 749, 752 (1940). The claimed invention must only be capable of performing some beneficial function. National Slug Rejectors, Inc. v. A.B.T. Manufacturing Corp., 164 F. 2d 333, 335 (7th Cir. 1947), cert. denied, 333 U.S. 832, 68 S.Ct. 459, 92 L.Ed. 1116 (1948); In re Oberweger, supra at 828; 28 CCPA at 752; Panduit Corp. v. Stahlin Bros. Fibre Works, Inc., supra at 435. An invention does not lack utility merely because the particular embodiment disclosed in the patent l…
• Standard Oil Dev. Co. v. Marzall, 181 F.2d 280 (D.C. Cir. 1950)
  …dges Magruder and Mahoney. Bellavance v. Frank Morrow Co., 1 Cir., 1944, 141 F. 2d 378, refers to the confusion in the law on this subject.1 In National Slug Rejectors v. A. B. T. Mfg. Corp., 7 Cir., 1947, 164 F. 2d 333, 336, certiorari denied 1947, 333 U.S. 832, 68 S.Ct. 459, 92 L.Ed. 1116, it is said, “This century-old question is always perplexing. We can not avoid or evade it. We must meet it. Patentable invention is a question of law. Loney Co. v. Ravenscroft, 7 Cir., 162 F. 2d 703.” The Loney Co. case…