ST. REGIS PAPER CO. v. BEMIS CO., INC.

No. 76-1044.

549 F.2d 833 (1977)

ST. REGIS PAPER COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BEMIS COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1977.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Powers, John K. Roedel, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Raymond J. McElhannon, Norman H. Zivin, Clyde H. Haynes, New York City, William T. Rifkin, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before SWYGERT, CUMMINGS and PELL, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 17, 1977.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

The outcome of this appeal turns on the validity of United States patent 3,650,460 and reissue patents 28,317 and 28,318. All three patents claim the invention of specialized bags which prevent leaking and sifting better than previously existing bags. We do not find the bags to be nonobvious within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 103, and...

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