Legal Opinion
Rhone-Poulenc Agro, S.A. v. Monsanto Co.
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided August 7, 2006No. 1:97CV1138PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TILLEY, Chief Judge.
This Memorandum Opinion states the findings of fact and conclusions of law in connection with the trial held in this matter from August 22 to September 1, 2000. For the reasons outlined below, the Court finds that for patent 6,040,497 Rick De-Rose, Georges Freyssinet, Michel Lebrun, Bernard Leroux, and Alain Sailland are entitled to be named as joint inventors; but for patent 5,554,798 it is determined that conception had occurred prior to any of the applicants making a significant inventive contribution and that their application should be denied. The…
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