Legal Opinion
Wolfgang Baenitz and Chemische Werke Witten v. David L. Ladd, Commissioner of Patents
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 6, 1966No. 19275_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
This is a patent case. The litigation centers around claims which relate to a process for producing hard and brittle fats, suitable for pharmaceutical purposes, by esterifying a saturated fatty acid having 10 to 18 carbon atoms per molecule with an excess of glycerine in the presence of an esterification catalyst. The application pointed out that the melting point of the finished product depends upon the amount of excess glycerine used. The essence of the claimed invention is a method of controlling, directly and accurately, the melting point of the fats— an…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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