Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit May 9, 2002, 01-1255 (Leggett & Platt, Incorporated v. Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company)

RADER, Circuit Judge.

On summary judgment, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois determined that Hickory Springs Manufacturing Co. (Hickory) did not infringe claims 4 and 5 of Leggett & Platt, Inc.’s (L & P) U.S. Patent No. 5,052,064 (the '064 patent) either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents.

Leggett & Platt, Inc. v. Hickory Springs Mfg.,

132 F.Supp.