Gilley v. Southern Research Institute

STUART, Justice.

Richard M. Gilley sued his former employer, Southern Research Institute (“SRI”), seeking compensation he alleged *1216he was owed as a result of his work leading to SRI’s procurement of United States Patent No. 5,407,609 (“the '609 patent”). He subsequently amended his complaint and added SRI’s one-time subsidiary, Brookwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Brook-wood”), and Brookwood’s subsequent owner, SurModics, Inc., in place of fictitiously named defendants. The trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of SRI, and Gilley appealed that judgment to this Court. We affirm.

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