CRANE COMPANY v. AEROQUIP CORPORATION

Nos. 73-2109 and 73-2110.

504 F.2d 1086 (1974)

CRANE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AEROQUIP CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1974.

Rehearing Denied November 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don K. Harness, Birmingham, Mich., William J. Stellman, Chicago, Ill., for Aeroquip.

Henry L. Brinks, Chicago, Ill., for Crane.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and PELL, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated actions, plaintiff charged defendant with breach of a 1968 patent license agreement and with patent infringement. The basic questions are whether plaintiff's Bredtschneider patent No. 2,933,333 is valid and, if it is, whether defendant's accused coupling infringes the patent. Both parties appeal from the judgment below.

In its memorandum opinion, the district court upheld the Bredtschneider patent as to the nine...

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