Legal Opinion
Dow Chemical Co. v. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 12, 1945No. Nos. 50, 61PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Murphy
In issue here is the validity of United States Patent No. 1,877,504, relating to “the treatment of deep wells, such as oil, gas, brine or water wells, to increase the output therefrom,” issued to John J. Grebe and Ross T. Sanford on September 12, 1932.
Petitioner, the owner of the patent, brought this suit against respondent for alleged infringement. Both the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held the patent invalid for want of invention and denied relief. 139 F. 2d 473. Previously the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, in reversing the…
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