TOWNSEND ENGINEERING CO. v. HITEC CO., LTD.

No. 87-1141.

829 F.2d 1086 (1987)

TOWNSEND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HITEC CO., LTD., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald H. Zarley, Zarley, McKee, Thomte, Voorhees & Sease, Des Moines, Iowa, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on brief was Mark D. Hansing.

James D. Jacobs, Rosen, Dainow & Jacobs, New York City, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on brief, was Dennis M. Flaherty.

Before FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge, BALDWIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.


FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granting summary judgment for the defendant in a patent infringement suit. The court found that there was no infringement, either literal or under the doctrine of equivalents. We affirm.

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The invention the patent (No. 3,694,853) (the '853 patent) discloses is a sausage-stuffing...

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