Legal Opinion
Merck & Co. v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided May 3, 1957No. Civ. A. No. 742PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL, Chief Judge.
This is an action for the alleged infringement of a patent, No. 2,703,302, issued March 1, 1955 on an application dated December 8, 1952. The plaintiff holds the patent as assignee of Edward L. Rickes and Thomas R. Wood, the claimed inventors.
The patent is entitled as relating to “Vitamin B12-Active Composition and Process of Preparing Same”, and its object is stated in the patent as follows:
“This invention is concerned generally with the production of valuable vitamin products by fermentation. More particularly, it relates to vitamin B 12-active concentrates which possess…
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