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BAUER Wins Patent Suit vs. Epcon
02/18/2004 | Company News
On February 2, 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the lower Court's decision that BAUER Compressors did not infringe and did not have any liability to Epcon Gas Systems for patent infringement. In 1998, Epcon had filed suit against BAUER for infringement of Loren U.S. Patent No. 5,118,455 relating to a certain gas assist injection molding system and process.
In the decision, the Court of Appeals held that the '455 patent could only be infringed if during a gas assist molding cycle, the gas pressure was raised, lowered and held constant, and the gas pressure was "substantially below" the gas storage pressure. There was no evidence that BAUER or any of its customers ever used such a process.
The decision was received enthusiastically by BAUER. As stated by Mr. Paul Dier, BAUER Technical Specialist in the U.S.: "We are glad the lawsuit is finally over. We knew all along that we did not infringe and finally, the Court has vindicated us."
BAUER sells nitrogen generators, compressors, and control units in the United States and has offices in Norfolk, Virginia and Detroit, Michigan.