Legal Opinion
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Amoco Chemicals Corp.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided December 27, 1991No. Civ. A. 83-207 LONPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LONGOBARDI, Chief Judge.
The Plaintiff Mobil Oil Corporation (“Mobil”) alleges that Defendant Amoco Chemicals Company (“Amoco”) is infringing patents owned by Mobil. These patents cover compositions known as ZSM-5 zeolites and their use as catalysts. Amoco denies that it infringes Mobil’s patents and also alleges that Mobil’s patents are invalid.
I. TECHNICAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
A. Zeolites
Natural and synthetic zeolites are crystalline materials with a variety of useful characteristics. They currently are used in a wide variety of applications including: catalytic cracking in the…
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