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SIMMONS FASTENER CORP. v. ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS

Appeal No. 83-1084.

739 F.2d 1573 (1984)

SIMMONS FASTENER CORPORATION, Appellee, v. ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 31, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Granger Cook, Jr., Chicago, Ill., argued for appellant. With him on the brief was Russell J. Barron, Chicago, Ill.

Thomas W. Buckman and Jack R. Halvorsen, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Eliot S. Gerber, New York City, argued for appellee.

Richard Kohn, Albany, N.Y., of counsel.

Before BALDWIN, MILLER, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

BALDWIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York1 holding U.S. Patent No. 3,802,476 (`476 patent) entitled "Screw Anchor" to James E. Hoadley invalid for obviousness. We reverse the decision and remand the case to the trial court.

Background

Both appellant, Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (ITW), and appellee, Simmons Fastener Corporation...

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