Legal Opinion
Verdegaal Brothers, Inc., a California Corp. v. Union Oil Company of California, a Delaware Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 18, 1984No. 84-1131PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissing pendent state law counts of a multi-count complaint under Rule 54(b) Fed.R.Civ.P. We affirm.
Background
United States patent 4,310,343 (the ’343 patent) on a “Process for Making Liquid Fertilizer” was issued to Verdegaal Brothers, Inc. (Verdegaal) on January 12, 1982. For a period of about two years before issuance of the ’343 patent, Verdegaal says it practiced the invention in making liquid fertilizer. During that period, Verdegaal allegedly bought urea from Union…
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