Legal Opinion
Pennington v. National Supply Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1938No. 8540PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
Appellants filed this suit in the District Court seeking an injunction and an accounting against appellee for alleged infringement of patent No. 1,822,710, issued to Harry Pennington on a rotary drilling rig for oil and other deep well drilling. The other appellant, American Well & Prospecting Company, is the sole licensee. The bill was dismissed after a trial on the merits.
The bill alleged the issuance of the patent to Pennington on September 8, 1931, pursuant to his application therefor filed in the Patent Office on December 8, 1925, and the license agreement with the…
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