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GERRANS v. KNIPSCHILD

Civ. No. 6883.

148 F.Supp. 92 (1956)

William L. GERRANS, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Fred KNIPSCHILD, d.b.a. Knipschild Dehydrator & Mfg. Co., and Knipschild Dehydrator & Mfg. Co., a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. California, N. D.

November 20, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyken, Mohler & Wood and Gordon Wood, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Gardner & Zimmerman, Oakland, Cal., for defendant.

HALBERT, District Judge.

This is a suit for the infringement of the plaintiff's patent, No. 2,133,442, covering a tray-loading device used in the spreading of prunes on drying trays. Defendant has admitted the fact that he has committed a technical infringement. By way of defense, defendant claims that plaintiff's patent is invalid for several reasons, the chief one of which is that plaintiff's device lacked novelty and inventiveness due to the state of prior art...

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