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Talbert Fuel Systems Patents Co. v. Unocal Corporation, Union Oil Company of California, and Tosco Corporation

Federal CircuitJanuary 8, 2002No. 99-1421Cited 16 times

Case Details

Judge(s)
Newman, Michel, Rader
Status
Published
Procedural Posture
appeal
Circuit
Federal Circuit

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Outcome

The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment of non-infringement, holding that the accused products did not infringe the patent claims as properly construed.

What This Ruling Means

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