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SMITH INTERN. v. HUGHES TOOL CO.

Appeal Nos. 84-1094, 84-1767.

759 F.2d 1572 (1985)

SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC., etc., Appellant, v. HUGHES TOOL COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ned L. Conley, Butler & Binion, Houston, Tex., argued for appellant. With him on the brief were Jeffrey W. Tayon, William E. Shull, David S. Wise and Gregorey L. Maag, Houston, Tex.; Charles Alan Wright, Austin, Tex., of counsel.

Rolf Stadheim, Haight, Hofeldt, Davis & Jambor, Chicago, Ill., argued for appellee. With him on the brief were Britton A. Davis and Dorsey L. Baker, Chicago, Ill.; David B. Toy; Steven O. Kramer, Lawler, Felix and Hall, Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel.

Before FRIEDMAN, BENNETT and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals challenge orders of the United States District Court for the Central District of California that (1) refused to dissolve a preliminary injunction against patent infringement, (2) denied a motion for summary judgment that the patents are invalid because they had been procured by fraud on the Patent Office or are unenforceable because the patentee's action before that Office constituted inequitable conduct, and (3...

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