Searfoss, et al. v. Pioneer Consolidated Corporation (Fed. Cir.)

July 6, 2004 on 12:20 pm | In Caselaw |

Searfoss, et al. v. Pioneer Consolidated Corporation
Federal Circuit, July 6, 2004
Before NEWMAN, MICHEL (opinion), and SCHALL, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiffs-Appellants Marlane and Timothy Searfoss (collectively “Searfoss”) appeal from an order granting summary judgment of non-infringement to Pioneer Consolidated Corporation (“Pioneer”) based on a finding that no reasonable jury could find that Pioneer’s accused products infringe the claims of United States Patent No. 5,031,955 (“the ’955 patent”) ["Truck cover"] under the doctrine of equivalents, the sole type of infringement asserted. Searfoss v. Pioneer Consol. Corp., No. 99-CV-76394-DT (E.D. Mich. Aug. 6, 2003) (“Summary Judgment Order”). Because we find that the district court did not err in either its construction of the disputed claim terms or its resulting finding of non-infringement as a matter of law under the doctrine of equivalents, we affirm.

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