CONTINENTAL CONNECTOR CORP. v. HOUSTON FEARLESS CORP.

No. 19262.

350 F.2d 183 (1965)

CONTINENTAL CONNECTOR CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellant, v. HOUSTON FEARLESS CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold James, James & Franklin, New York City, Charles E. Wills, Harris, Keich, Russell & Kern, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Oscar A. Mellin, Carlisle M. Moore, Mellin, Hanscom & Hursh, San Francisco, Cal., John L. Nicholas, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES, JERTBERG and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge:

This is an action for patent infringement of Gilbert Patent No. 2,875,425. Jurisdiction below rests on 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a); here on 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

The patent was held invalid in the district court for lack of invention in that it represents a combination of admittedly old elements1 with no unexpected and surprising results.

The patent is for a multiple electrical connector or socket designed...

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