Legal Opinion
Standard Oil Company v. Montedison
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 28, 1980No. Civ. A. 4319PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.
This case is an appeal under 35 U.S.C.A. § 146 1 from a Board of Patent Interferences (“Board”) Opinion issued pursuant to 35 U.S.C.A. § 135. 2 That Opinion awarded Montedison, S.p.A. (“Montedison”) 3 priority for the invention of solid crystalline polypropylene. Each plaintiff in this litigation, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (“Du Pont”), Standard Oil Company (“Standard”), and Phillips Petroleum Company (“Phillips”), seeks to invalidate Montedison’s claim of priority by establishing that it produced the product prior to Montedison. Each also…
2Cases cited84 opinions
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- Sanford v. KepnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Brenner v. MansonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Natta v. HoganCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- In Re Alex ZletzCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. United States Steel Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1987
- Rohm & Haas Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1981
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