Legal Opinion
General Foods Corporation v. Studiengesellschaft Kohle Mbh
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 2, 1992No. 91-1418PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Circuit Judge.
Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH (SGK), as trustee for real-party-in-interest Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, appeals from the June 12, 1991 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Civil Action No. 88-8343, declaring invalid claims 1 and 4 of SGK’s U.S. Patent No. 4,260,639 (’639 patent), titled “Process for the Decaffeination of Coffee,” on the sole ground of “double patenting,” in view of SGK’s earlier-issued U.S. Patent No. 3,806,619 ('619 patent), titled “Process for Recovering Caffeine.” Because there is no double…
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