U. S. INDUSTRIES, INC. v. OTIS ENGINEERING CORPORATION

No. 17624.

277 F.2d 282 (1960)

U. S. INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. OTIS ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Scofield, Kansas City, Mo., James T. Wright, Houston, Tex., Dyche, Wheat & Thornton, Houston, Tex., for appellant, Charles F. Potter, Spruiell, Lowry, Potter & Lasater, Tyler, Tex., of counsel.

Oscar A. Mellin, San Francisco, Cal., E. Hastings Ackley, Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before CAMERON, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

We have again for decision questions of validity and infringement of patents in the gas-lift field, the importance of which to the oil business is attested by the frequency with which we are confronted with such devices.1 As in so many of these former cases, this one, too, finds Bryan and Garrett, or their respective assignees, as adversaries. Otis Engineering Corp. became the assignee of Bryan on May 12,...

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