Legal Opinion
Solvay S.A. v. Honeywell International Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 12, 2014No. 2012-1660PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge DYK.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN. DYK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Solvay S.A. (“Solvay”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in favor of defendant Honeywell International (“Honeywell”). The district court held that asserted claim 1 of Solvay’s U.S. Patent No. 6,730,817 (“the '817 patent”) was invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102(g)(2) (2006). This was so because engineers working at the Russian Scientific Center for Applied Chemistry (“RSCAC”) first conceived the invention, which was…
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