Court Dismisses Patent Claim, Citing Ambiguity

There is strength in numbers, especially specific ones.   Ebonite International, Inc. found that out the hard way this summer when a federal judge invalidated its patent for cost-effectively manufacturing and delivering bowling balls that bowlers could test before buying   The company was sued by Storm Products, Inc., which had charged that U.S. Patent 6,280,343 (343 patent) was invalid because it was indefinite.   The 343 patent centered on the fact that “a market exists for th