District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania November 4, 2002, Civil Action 02-2723 (U-Fuel, Inc. (NV) v. Highland Tank & Manufacturing Co.)

MEMORANDUM

DuBOIS, District Judge.

I.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff, U-Fuel, Inc. (“U-Fuel” or “plaintiff’) alleges in this patent infringement action that Highland Tank & Manufacturing Company, Inc. (“Highland”), Steel Tank Institute (“STI”), and Modern Welding Company of Ohio, Inc. (“Modern”) (collectively, “defendants”) infringed U-Fuel’s United States Reissued Patent No.