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A. O. Smith Corporation v. Bradford White Corporation, No. 21-2222 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 3, 2022)

Affirmed
Infringement Claim Construction Invalidity (§ 102/§ 103)
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 21-2222
Decided
August 3, 2022
Judge
Taranto, J.
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
16 pages

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AOS Holding Company, which is wholly owned and controlled by A. O. Smith Corporation , owns U.S. Patent No. 8,375,897, titled “Gas Water Heater.” The two compa- nies (collectively, A.O. Smith), the only persons permitted to practice or profit from the invention embodied in the pa- tent, brought the present action against Bradford White Corporation in the U.S.

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