Legal Opinion
Phillips Petroleum Company v. Ladd
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 25, 1963No. Civ. A. 2096-61PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, District Judge.
This is an action brought pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 145, praying this Court to adjudge that plaintiff is entitled to receive a patent defined by two claims which were rejected by the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office.
The applicants are David R. Smith, and Robert P. Zelinski, employees of plaintiff at the time of their invention. The application, Serial No. 578,166, filed April 16, 1956, entitled “Process and Catalyst for Production of Rubbery Polymers” was assigned to plaintiff.
All of the 15 process claims were allowed, and the issue here relates to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Application of Viktor PapeschCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1963
- Application of Edward Burton LegriceCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
- Cohn v. United States Corset Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- In Re Von BramerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1942
- Becket v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Application of Frederick C. FosterCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1965
- Application of Eric D. BrownCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1964
- Application of Herman HoeksemaCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1968
- E. I. Dupont De Nemours and Company v. David L. Ladd, Commissioner of Patents, and Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of CommerceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. BrennerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1967
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