MEDICAL LABORATORY AUTOMATION v. LABCON, INC.

No. 80-2468.

670 F.2d 671 (1981)

MEDICAL LABORATORY AUTOMATION, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LABCON, INC., a corporation, and Ways and Means, Inc., a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Janiuk, Emrich, Root, Lee, Brown & Hill, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Hugh D. Finley, Martin Majestic, Phillips, Moore, Weissenberger, Lempio & Majestic, San Francisco, Cal., Thomas Smith, Lee, Smith & Jager, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge, and EAST, District Judge.


EAST, Senior District Judge.

Medical Laboratory Automation, Inc. (MLA) appeals the District Court's summary judgment entered on September 15, 1980 and holding MLA's patent invalid for obviousness. We note jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

I. Background

In August, 1972, MLA filed for the patent at issue, claiming an invention by one Scordato and others for a stackable tray to hold pipette tips for use in medical and technical...

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