RALSTON PURINA CO. v. FAR-MAR-CO, INC.

Appeal No. 84-1237.

772 F.2d 1570 (1985)

RALSTON PURINA COMPANY, Appellee, v. FAR-MAR-CO, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren N. Williams, Schmidt, Johnson, Hovey & Williams, of Kansas City, Mo., argued for appellant. With him on brief was John M. Collins.

Randall G. Litton, Price, Heneveld, Huizenga & Cooper, of Grand Rapids, Mich., argued for appellee. With him on brief was Richard C. Cooper.

Before BALDWIN and BENNETT, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge.


BALDWIN, Circuit Judge.

The decision of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, holding claims 1-52 of U.S. Patent No. 3,940,495 (Flier) not invalid, and holding claims 1, 2, 8-20, 22, 23, 25, and 29-33 willfully infringed, is affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part.

Facts

The Flier invention is the first successful process, and resultant product, for directly and continuously restructuring oil seed particles, preferably...

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