Legal Opinion
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Brenner
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 29, 1967No. Nos. 20626, 20677PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Phillips Petroleum Corporation (Phillips) brought an action against the Commissioner of Patents, and an accompanying action against two corporations, Goodrich-Gulf Chemicals, Inc., and Monsanto Company. The three companies are assignees of patent applications which were placed in interference by the Patent Office in July 1964. The alleged invention involves a process for producing polybutadiene polymers, used as a synthetic rubber. When the preliminary statements were opened the Patent Office noted that the Phillips inventors had sworn to conception date…
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