Legal Opinion
Universal Oil Products Co. v. Globe Oil & Refining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 9, 1944No. 392PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
The petitioner sued the respondent for infringement of United States Patents No. 1,392,629, dated October 4, 1921, and No. 1,537,593, dated May 12, 1925. The former was issued to Carbon P. Dubbs; the latter, to Gustav Eg-loff. These patents cover the Dubbs process for converting heavy crude oils to lighter oils, especially gasoline. The claimed infringement arises from the respondent’s use for the purpose of such conversion of the “Winkler Koch process” in apparatus designed and installed by the Wink-ler Koch Engineering Company. The district court dismissed the bill on findings of fact to…
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