SMITH INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL v. HUGHES TOOL COMPANY

No. 24787.

396 F.2d 735 (1968)

SMITH INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, Appellant, v. HUGHES TOOL COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Tighe, Midland, Tex., William D. Harris, Jr., V. Bryan Medlock, Jr., Richards, Harris & Hubbard, Dallas, Tex., Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy & Laughlin, Midland, Tex., for appellant, Smith Industries International; Wynne, Jaffe & Tinsley, Dallas, Tex., of counsel.

Edward A. Haight, Britton A. Davis, Chicago, Ill., Robert F. Campbell, Houston, Tex., Elton Gilliland, Shafer, Gilliland, Davis, Bunton & McCollum, Odessa, Tex., Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, Houston, Tex., Haight, Simmons & Hofeldt, Chicago, Ill., for appellee, Hughes Tool Co.

Before RIVES, GEWIN and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge:

This infringement suit by appellee Hughes against appellant Smith presents the usual questions: Is Hughes' patent No. 3,075,7811 valid and, if so, did Smith infringe that patent? The patent relates to a bearing seal or face seal adapted to seal between two relatively rotatable surfaces to retain lubricant within a bearing and to exclude foreign material. Its particular utility is in the environment of a bit used in...

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