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“n accused device cannot escape infringement by merely adding 618 features, if it otherwise has adopted the basic features of the patent”
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Top citers, strongest first. 9 distinct citers.
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BOC Health Care, Inc. v. Nellcor Inc.
n accused device cannot escape infringement by merely adding 618 features, if it otherwise has adopted the basic features of the patent
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Cited as authority (rule)
Parrott v. Cheney
Smallwood v. United Air Lines, Inc., 728 F.2d 614, 618 (4th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 832 , 105 5.Ct. 120, 83 L.Ed.2d 62 (1984), citing Patterson v. Greenwood School Dist. 50, 696 F.2d 293 , 295 (4th Cir.1982).
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Miller v. Beneficial Management Corp.
See Smallwood v. United Air Lines, Inc., 728 F.2d 614, 707 (4th Cir.) (directing entry of judgment for employer in ADEA refusal-to-hire case because of after-acquired evidence that plaintiff was unqualified for employment), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 832 , 105 S.Ct. 120 , 83 L.Ed.2d 62 (1984); Murnane v. American Airlines Inc., 667 F.2d 98, 102 (D.C.Cir.1981) (“Even assuming, arguendo, that the company’s failure to consider the applications was discriminatory, the company was entitled to prove at trial that the [plaintiffs] had not been injured because they were not qualified and would not hav…
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Frey v. Ramsey County Community Human Services
See Smallwood v. United Air Lines, Inc., 728 F.2d 614 (4th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 832 , 105 S.Ct. 120 , 83 L.Ed.2d 62 (1984).
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Bohdan Maksymchuk v. Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster General Peter L. Garwood, General Manager, Eeoc Appeals Division Us Postal Service
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See Smallwood v. United Air Lines, 728 F.2d 614 , 618 n. 7 (4th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 832 , 105 S.Ct. 120 , 83 L.Ed.2d 62 (1984).
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44 Fair empl.prac.cas. 628, 44 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 37,319 Linda Lorie Spanier, Cross-Appellee v. Morrison's Management Services, Inc., a Corporation Morrison, Inc., a Corporation, Cross-Appellants
Accord Smallwood v. United Air Lines, Inc., 728 F.2d 614, 618-20 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 832 , 105 S.Ct. 120 , 83 L.Ed.2d 62 (1984) 4 The record does not reveal which party requested the Mt.
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Cited "see"
Spanier v. Morrison's Management Services, Inc.
Accord Smallwood v. United Air Lines, Inc., 728 F.2d 614, 618-20 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 832 , 105 S.Ct. 120 , 83 L.Ed.2d 62 (1984). .
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Michael Kuzma v. Internal Revenue Service, and Marshall P. Cappelli, District Director
See Kuzma v. United States Postal Service, 725 F.2d 16, 17 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 831 , 105 S.Ct. 119 , 83 L.Ed.2d 62 (1984); Crooker v. United States Department of the Treasury, 634 F.2d 48, 49 (2d Cir.1980).
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Texas Instruments, Inc. v. United States International Trade Commission
See Radio Steel & Manufacturing Co. v. MTD Products, Inc., 731 F.2d 840, 847-48 , 221 USPQ 657, 663-64 (Fed.Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 831 , 105 S.Ct. 119 , 83 L.Ed.2d 62 (1984) (modification of feature to perform equivalent function held as infringement, as is appropriation of patented feature to perform an additional function); Amstar Corp. v. Envirotech Corp., 730 F.2d 1476, 1482 , 221 USPQ 649, 653 (Fed.Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 924 , 105 S.Ct. 306 , 83 L.Ed.2d 240 (1984) (quoting McCullough Tool Co. v. Well Surveys, Inc., 343 F.2d 381, 402 , 145 USPQ 6, 22 (10th Cir.1965), *1564 ce…
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Xander
v.
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
v.
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
No. 83-2045.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 1, 1984.
Published
Citer courts: D. Delaware (1)
C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.