ENGEL INDUSTRIES, INC. v. LOCKFORMER CO.

No. 90-1482.

946 F.2d 1528 (1991)

ENGEL INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The LOCKFORMER COMPANY, Iowa Precision Industries, Inc. and Met-Coil Systems Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Roedel, Jr., Senniger, Powers, Leavitt & Roedel, St. Louis, Mo., argued for plaintiff-appellee. With him on the brief was Kurt F. James. Also on the brief was Jerome A. Gross, Jerome A. Gross & Associates, St. Louis, Mo., of counsel.

Clarence J. Fleming, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, Ill., argued for defendants-appellants. With him on the brief was Sandra B. Weiss.

Before NEWMAN, MICHEL, and PLAGER, Circuit Judges.


PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

The defendants in this declaratory judgment action, Met-Coil Systems Corporation and its subsidiaries The Lockformer Company and Iowa Precision Industries, appeal the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.1 The court held all the claims of United States Patent No. 4,466,641 (the '641 patent) invalid for the patentee's failure to disclose the best mode as required...

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