BOLKCOM v. CARBORUNDUM COMPANY

No. 73-1320.

523 F.2d 492 (1975)

Wilbur T. BOLKCOM and William E. Knapp, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CARBORUNDUM COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Baker, Poore, Cox, Baker, McAuley, Ray & Byrne, Knoxville, Tenn., Walter J. Blenko, Thomas L. Sivak, Blenko, Leonard & Buell, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs-appellants.

E. Bruce Foster, Sr., Knoxville, Tenn., William H. Webb, Webb, Burden, Robinson & Webb, P. A., David C. Bruening, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant-appellee.

Before WEICK, McCREE and LIVELY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 4, 1975.

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of an action by appellants, Bolkcom and Knapp, for infringement of a combination patent protecting the invention of a novel plant for the manufacture of silicon carbide. The patent in suit is Patent Re. 27,018 (hereinafter Patent '018) dated January 5, 1971, a reissue of Patent No. 3,432,605 (hereinafter Patent '605), dated March 11, 1969. The...

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