SAILER ET AL.

v.

LEGER ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (34 total)

• Yoder Bros., Inc. v. California-Florida Plant Corp., 537 F.2d 1347 (5th Cir. 1976)
  …cture can exist in which all of the elements serve substantially the same function. See Van Gorp Mfg., Inc. v. Townley Indus. Plastics, Inc., supra. In Beckman Instruments, Inc. v. Chemtronics, Inc., 5 Cir., 439 F. 2d 1369, 1375, cert. denied, 1970, 400 U.S. 956, 91 S.Ct. 353-54, 27 L.Ed.2d 264, this Court said: [S]ection 102, which pertains to novelty, requires that the patentee be the original inventor of the object claimed in his patent, and also that the invention not have been known or used by others…
• E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Berkley & Co., Inc., 620 F.2d 1247 (8th Cir. 1980)
  …cago Rawhide Manufacturing Co. v. Crane Packing Co., 523 F. 2d 452, 458 (7th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 1091, 96 S.Ct. 887, 47 L.Ed.2d 103 (1976); Beckman Instruments, Inc. v. Chemtronics, Inc., 439 F. 2d 1369, 1374 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 956, 91 S.Ct. 353, 27 L.Ed.2d 264 (1970); Neff Instrument Corp. v. Cohu Electronics, Inc., 298 F. 2d 82, 86 (9th Cir. 1961). The presumption is not conclusive and can be rebutted by proof that the PTO erred. That a reference was cited or assumedly consi…
• Schnadig Corp. v. Gaines Mfg. Co., Inc., 494 F.2d 383 (6th Cir. 1974)
  …fore the Patent Office in a confidential relationship and owed the obligation of frank and truthful disclosure.” In addition to these cases, appellant relies on Beckman Instruments, Inc. v. Chemtronics, Inc., 428 F. 2d 555 (5th Cir.), cert, denied, 400 U.S. 956, 91 S.Ct. 353, 27 L.Ed.2d 264 (1970), and Monsanto Co. v. Rohm and Haas Co., 456 F. 2d 592 (3rd Cir.), cert, denied, 407 U.S. 934, 92 S.Ct. 2463, 32 L.Ed.2d 817 (1972). These cases are easily distinguishable from the case at bar. In Beckman the pate…