Legal Opinion
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company v. Union Carbide Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 6, 1967No. 15678PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff (du Pont) brought this suit against defendant (Carbide) for alleged infringement of three patents owned by du Pont. Carbide answered as to two of the patents. The third patent was United States Patent No. 3,018,189 issued to George W. Traver (Traver) on January 23, 1962, for a “Method of Conditioning Polyethylene Surfaces for the Adhesion of Materials Coated Thereon and Resulting Product.” Carbide moved for summary judgment as to the Traver patent.
The District Court granted summary judgment holding Traver Patent No. 3,018,189 invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102…
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