KINNEAR-WEED CORPORATION

v.

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING CO.

Citator

Cited By (21 total)

• Ziegler v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 483 F.2d 858 (5th Cir. 1973)
  …of equivalents is that patent claims are construed in the light of the description and to cover the real invention found in the specification and drawings. Kinnear-Weed Corp. v. Humble Oil & Refining Co., 259 F. 2d 398 (5th Cir. 1958), cert. denied, 361 U.S. 903, 80 S.Ct. 210, 4 L.Ed.2d 158 (1959). Thus a claim may be given its true construction and meaning by reference to the accompanying specifications and drawings which, although they cannot enlarge it, may give the claim such limitation and definition a…
• Stephenson v. Calpine Conifers II, Ltd., 652 F.2d 808 (9th Cir. 1981)
  …ds of Rule 4(a). We also note that insofar as we are treating the motions for relief as Rule 59(e) motions, the September 27 order denying them is itself appealable, Walker v. Bank of America NT & SA, 268 F. 2d 16, 25 (9th Cir. 1959), cert. denied, 361 U.S. 903, 80 S.Ct. 211, 4 L.Ed.2d 158, (1959), and the October 10, 1978 notice of appeal perfected plaintiffs’ appellate rights as to that order as well. [*812] While we cannot dismiss the appeal as untimely, we must dismiss it to the extent it is from relie…
• Louis Dreyfus & CIE. v. Panama Canal Co., 298 F.2d 733 (5th Cir. 1962)
  …1949, 178 F. 2d 526, 528. in several cases courts have nevertheless indicated doubts as to whether the adopt-ed findings can be as fully relied upon, ln Kinnear-Weed Corp. v. Humble Oil & Refining Co., 5 Cir., 1958, 259 F. 2d 398, 401, cert. denied, 361 U.S. 903, 80 S.Ct. 210, 4 L.Ed.2d 158, we stated, “we must say that findings and conclusions which represent the independent judicial la-bors and study of the district judge are more helpful to this Court.” In Mesle v. Kea Steamship Corporation, 3 Cir., 1958…