Legal Opinion
Halliburton Company v. The Dow Chemical Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1975No. 74-1343PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
This is a declaratory judgment action by plaintiff-appellee Halliburton Company claiming invalidity and noninfringement of U. S. Patent No. 2,959,555 owned by defendant-appellant Dow Chemical Company. Dow counterclaimed for infringement. After trial to the court, the patent was declared invalid and Halliburton was awarded attorneys’ fees. Dow appeals.
At issue is a chemical cleaning process to remove scale deposits in large boilers used for the steam generation of electricity and other purposes. The scale causes loss of thermal efficiency. Water used to create steam…
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