STATE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. MOR-FLO INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. CIV-2-84-276, CIV-2-85-26.

639 F.Supp. 937 (1986)

STATE INDUSTRIES, INC., v. MOR-FLO INDUSTRIES, INC. and STATE INDUSTRIES, INC., v. AMERICAN APPLIANCE MFG. CORP.

United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, Northeastern Division.

May 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Crossley, and Rick Bearfield, Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry & Woolf, Knoxville, Tenn., Paul R. Puerner, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Olen G. Haynes, Johnson City, Tenn., Richard J. Minnich, Ronald I. Weiss, Cleveland, Ohio, Joseph A. Grear, and John W. Hofeldt, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HULL, Chief Judge.

This is a patent infringement action in which State Industries, Inc. (State) alleges that a method claim of its Patent No. 4,447,377, which details a method of insulating the exterior of a water heater tank, has been infringed by defendants Mor-Flo Industries, Inc. (Mor-Flo) and American Appliance Manufacturing Corporation (American). All three companies manufacture and sell foam insulated water heaters. This lawsuit...

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