Legal Opinion
Goodrich-Gulf Chemicals, Inc. v. Phillips Petroleum Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1967No. 16942PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PECK, Circuit Judge.
While the complaint herein possesses at least the superficial indicia of a typical patent action, the issues presented in this court hre procedural and jurisdictional as distinguished from those arising in the conventional patent suit.
The action is one seeking a declaratory judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 2201 holding invalid defendant-appellee’s * patent No. 3,178,402, and for related relief.
It is alleged in the complaint that in 1964 the United States Patent Office declared Interference No. 94,426 between a patent application owned by plaintiff (Horne and Carlson patent…
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