SHAFFER v. ARMER

No. 4015.

184 F.2d 303 (1950)

SHAFFER v. ARMER et al.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

August 11, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Coulson, Wichita, Kan. (Howard T. Fleeson, Homer V. Gooing, Paul R. Kitch and Dale M. Stucky, all of Wichita, Kan., on the brief), for appellant.

Lester B. Clark, Houston, Tex. (Henry V. Gott, Wichita, Kan., Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Bradley, and Ray L. Smith, all of Houston, Tex., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and MURRAH and PICKETT, Circuit Judges.


MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Kansas, holding invalid for lack of invention and for anticipation, appellant's Patent 2,211,173 for improvement in pipe coupling, referred to as a tool joint. In so holding, the trial court did not reach or decide appellant's claim that appellee Hughes Tool Company's "Counter Bore Weld Tool Joints" infringed his patent. On appeal, our first consideration is validity of the patent in...

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