International Environmental Dynamics, Inc. v. R. Lee Fraser

647 F.2d 77 210 U.S.P.Q. 881 INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff- Appellee, v. R. Lee FRASER, an individual, and doing business as Diversified Engineering Co., Defendant-Appellant. No. 79-4560. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 14, 1981. Decided June 5, 1981. William Michael Hynes, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before DUNIWAY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, * District judge. PER CURIAM. 1 The appellant R. Lee Fraser, an inventor, appearing pro se, appeals from an adverse judgment in a patent declaratory judgment action ( 28 U.S.C. § 2201 ) which has had a long history in the District Court in San Francisco. Final judgment was entered on July 31, 1979. THE FRASER PATENT 2 The patent underlying this litigation described a method of building construction by use of a "central, substantially large, single cylindrical core from the ground" around which "annular" floors were constructed at ground level and then hoisted one by one into position beginning at the top of the core. Plaintiff's…