L. E. SAUER MACH. v. CORRUGATED FINISHING PRODUCTS

Nos. 79-2509, 80-1086.

642 F.2d 203 (1981)

L. E. SAUER MACHINE COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CORRUGATED FINISHING PRODUCTS, INC. and Shadeland Manufacturing Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1981.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Renner, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff-appellant.

William S. Ayres, Indianapolis, Ind., Mark C. Schaffer, Toledo, Ohio, David McNamar, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Circuit Judge, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.


WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a patent infringement suit. After trial the district court found the plaintiff's patent invalid for obviousness and entered judgment for the defendants. We reverse.

The patent in question is No. 3,522,754, issued to Louis E. Sauer and entitled "Reinforced Freewheeling Resilient Cover for Rotary Die-Cutting Anvil". It describes a device used in making corrugated containers — cardboard boxes, in plain words. The first...

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