Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

In an exhaustive opinion reported at 28 F.(2d) 218, the court below discussed the patent granted De Brey for a process of making gasoline from natural gas, and held it invalid. The District Court for the Southern District of Texas, in a comprehensive opinion, Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corporation v. Texas Co., reported at 21 F.(2d) 199, reached the same conclusion, and on ap*349peal its decree was affirmed in an opinion reported at (C. C. A.) 31 F.(2d) 32.

After able arguments .and a careful study by this court of tbe present record, and tbe reasoning of tbe several…