Legal Opinion
Tropix, Inc. v. Lumigen, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 28, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-11000PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF CONTROLLING LAW -
SKINNER, Senior District Judge.
In this action th'e plaintiff seeks damages and injunctive relief for the alleged infringement of its U.S. Patent No. 4,931,569 (the “ ’569 patent”). This patent is stipulated, to be a “product-by-process” patent covering a process for producing purified chemiluminescent, water-soluble 1,2-dioxetane derivatives. The defendant manufactures purified- chemiluminescent, water-soluble 1,2-dioxetane derivatives by a different process. The plaintiff claims that its product-by-process patent covers the product, no matter how produced,…
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- In Re Alex ZletzCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
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