COLLISON SURGICAL ENGINEERING CO. v. MURRAY-BAUMGARTNER SURGICAL INSTRUMENT CO.

No. 9722.

343 F.2d 162 (1965)

The COLLISON SURGICAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, Appellant, v. MURRAY-BAUMGARTNER SURGICAL INSTRUMENT CO., Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Kerpelman, Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

William D. Hall, Washington, D. C. (Roger A. Clapp, and Hinkley & Singley, Baltimore, Md., and Homer R. Montague, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTIE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal involves the validity of patent No. 2,494,229 issued to John G. Collison for a surgical bone screw for use in applying an internal fixation plate to a fractured bone. The District Court, in a full and carefully reasoned opinion, reached the conclusion that this patent was invalid for lack of invention over the prior art. 230 F.Supp. 572 (D.Md.1964).

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