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SIMS v. MACK TRUCK CORP., ETC.

Nos. 78-2516-78-2520.

608 F.2d 87 (1979)

R. W. SIMS, Trustee and R. W. Sims Trust, Appellants in Nos. 78-2517/18/19/20, v. MACK TRUCK CORPORATION Mack Trucks, Inc., Appellant in No. 78-2516.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon A. Baughman (argued), Deborah F. Cohen, Stephen J. Sundheim, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant in No. 78-2516 and appellee in Nos. 78-2517-78-2520.

John A. Young (argued), Fort Wayne, Ind., for appellees in No. 78-2516 and appellants in Nos. 78-2517-78-2520; Stanley B. Kita, Howson & Howson, Philadelphia, Pa., co-counsel.

Before ALDISERT and WEIS, Circuit Judges, and DIAMOND, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

Changing the discharge point of a concrete mixer from the rear to the front of the truck results in definite advantages but does not raze the roadblock of nonobviousness required for patentability. We therefore reverse a district court finding of patent validity. We find jurisdiction also to review a companion count alleging conversion of trade secrets related to the construction of concrete mixers. Because that...

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