Legal Opinion
The Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken Research Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1974No. 73-1357PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Deering Milliken Research Corporation appeals from an order of the district court granting summary judgment holding two United States patents invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102(d) 1 on the ground that the claimed inventions had been patented in France prior to the applications for the United States patents on applications which had been filed in France more than twelve months prior to the United States applications. Involved are United States Patents No. 3,137,119 and No. 3,382,656 and their French counterparts Nos. 1,267,239 and 1,427,001, respectively.
The primary issue upon this appeal is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Siemens's Administrator v. SellersSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Ritter v. Rohm & Haas CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1973
3Cited by6 opinions
- Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1974
- Duplan Corp. v. Deering Milliken, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1977
- In Re Faizulla G. KathawalaCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
- Struthers Patent Corp. v. Nestle Co., Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1981
- Sicpa North America v. Donaldson EnterprisesNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1981
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