GOULD v. CONTROL LASER CORP.

No. 88-1121.

866 F.2d 1391 (1989)

Gordon GOULD, Refac International, Limited, Patlex Corporation, and Creative Patents, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONTROL LASER CORPORATION and Holobeam Laser Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

January 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Brannock, Holland & Knight, Tampa, Fla., argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief were Warren M. Goodrich, William B. deMeza and Elizabeth Bevington.

Defendants-Appellees did not appear.

George E. Badenock, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York City, argued for, and Richard L. Mayer, Scott A. Wieser and Nicholas N. Leach were on the brief for, amicus curiae NBB-Medizintechnik GmbH.

Karl A. Limbach and Michael A. Stallman, Limbach, Limbach & Sutton, San Francisco, Cal., were on the brief for amicus Coherent, Inc.

James W. Geriak and James H. Shalek, Lyon & Lyon, Los Angeles, Cal., and William E. Movzavires and Thomas J. Morgon, Lyon, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for amicus curiae Spectra-Physics, Inc.

Before ARCHER, Circuit Judge, NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge, and MICHEL, Circuit Judge.


ARCHER, Circuit Judge.

ORDER

Gordon Gould, Refac International, Limited, Patlex Corporation, and Creative Patents, Inc., (Patlex) appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, holding claims 1, 6, 8 and 10 of U.S. Patent No. 4,053,845 ('845) invalid.1 Control Laser Corp. and Holobeam Laser Corp. (Control Laser) informed this court by letter that it will not...

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