Legal Opinion
Cathodic Protection Service v. American Smelting & Refining Company, Federated Metals Corporation and Waynes Broyles Engineering Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1979No. 76-4134PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
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Case Orientation
Cathodic Protection Service (Cathodic), filed this action on July 28, 1972, in the District Court for the Southern District of Texas alleging infringement of United States Letters Patent 3,616,422 (the original patent). The original patent, entitled “Galvanic Anode,” was issued on October 26, 1971, on an application filed April 21, 1971. It covers a galvanic anode adapted for the cathodic protection of relatively large diameter pipelines submerged in water.
On September 26, 1973, Cathodic filed an amended complaint alleging infringement of United States…
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