Legal Opinion
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. v. Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 28, 1985No. Appeal 84-1530PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KASHIWA, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina granting Reichhold Chemical, Inc.’s (“Reichhold”) Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction. We reverse and remand.
Background
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., (“Air Products”) is the owner of United States Patent No. 3,708,388 (“ ’388 patent”) for “A Process of Laminating Using Vinyl Acetate-Ethylene Copolymer Adhesive Composition.” By virtue of an agreement bearing an effective date of 2 January 1973 Air Products granted a…
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