Automatic Devices Corp. v. Sinko Tool & Mfg. Co., 314 U.S. 94 (1941)

AUTOMATIC DEVICES CORP. v. SINKO TOOL & MANUFACTURING CO.

CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

No. 6. Argued October 22, 1941.—Decided November 10, 1941.

Decided on the authority of Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp., ante, p. 84. 112 F. 2d 335, affirmed.

Certiorari, 312 U. S. 711, limited to the question whether claims 2, 3, and 11 of the Mead patent No. 1,736,544 are valid. In a suit for infringement, a judgment of the District Court holding the claims valid and infringed was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, which held them invalid and not infringed.

Mr. Drury W. Cooper, with whom Messrs. Henry M. Huxley and Thomas J. Byrne were on the brief, for petitioner.

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Messrs. Russell Wiles and Bernard A. Schroeder, with whom Mr. George A. Chritton was on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. Justice Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a companion case to Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp., ante, p. 84. The court below held that claims 2, 3, and 11 of the Mead patent (No. 1,736,544) were invalid and not infringed. 112 F. 2d 335. We granted the petition for certiorari limited to the question of validity of those claims. For the reasons stated in Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp., supra, the judgment is