Legal Opinion
Fina Oil and Chemical Co. And Fina Technology, Inc. v. John A. Ewen v. Abbas Razavi, Intervenor-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 2, 1997No. 96-1179PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas determined on summary judgment that Dr. Abbas Razavi is the sole inventor of the subject matter of U.S. Patent No. 4,892,851 (the ’851 patent), owned by Fina Oil & Chemical Co. and Fina Technology, Inc. (collectively Fina). The court also directed Fina to seek correction of the ’851 patent by removing Dr. John A Ewen as a named inventor. We hold that the district court applied the wrong legal standard in determining Dr. Ewen’s contribution to the subject matter claimed in the ’851 patent, and that…
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