Continuous Curve Contact Lenses, Inc., a California Corporation v. Rynco Scientific Corporation, Danker and Wohlk, Inc., a Corporation v. Rynco Scientific Corporation, a Corporation

680 F.2d 605 216 U.S.P.Q. 597 CONTINUOUS CURVE CONTACT LENSES, INC., a California corporation, Appellee, v. RYNCO SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, Appellant. DANKER AND WOHLK, INC., a corporation, Appellee, v. RYNCO SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellant. Nos. 80-5864, 80-5906. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 4, 1982. Decided June 29, 1982. Lewis Anten, Lewis Anten, a Professional Corp., Encino, Cal., for rynco corp. James W. Geriak, Lyon & Lyon, Los Angeles, Cal., for Contact Lenses. Richard A. Wallen, Harris, Kern, Wallen & Tinsley, Los Angeles, Cal., for Danker & Wohlk. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before CHOY, GOODWIN and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge. 1 Plaintiffs, who were Rynco's competitors, sued to have Rynco's plastic contact lens patent declared void, claiming the patent had been anticipated by an article in a contact lens journal. Rynco counter-claimed for patent infringement. Rynco appeals a summary judgment for the plaintiffs. 2 Rynco Scientific Corporation holds United States Patent No. 3,900,250 ('250) which protects the invention of a…