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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