Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit October 26, 2001, 01-1053, 01-1078 (Special Devices, Inc. v. Oea, Inc.)

MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

OEA, Inc. appeals from a summary judgment by the United States District Court for the Central District of California

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holding OEA’s U.S. Patent No. 5,404,263 invalid because OEA had contracted with a supplier to have the patent’s commercial embodiment mass-produced more than one year before it filed a patent application, thereby invoking the on-sale bar under 35 U.S.C.