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UNIVERSAL OIL CO. v. GLOBE CO.

No. 392.

322 U.S. 471 (1944)

UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS CO. v. GLOBE OIL & REFINING CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. William Dwight Whitney and Charles M. Thomas, with whom Messrs. William F. Hall and Frederick W.P. Lorenzen were on the brief, for petitioner.

Messrs. Thorley von Holst and J. Bernhard Thiess, with whom Messrs. Sidney Neuman and Robert W. Poore were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner sued the respondent for infringement of United States Patents No. 1,392,629, dated October 4, 1921, and No. 1,537,593, dated May 12, 1925. The former was issued to Carbon P. Dubbs; the latter, to Gustav Egloff. These patents cover the Dubbs process for converting heavy crude oils to lighter oils, especially gasoline. The claimed infringement arises from the respondent's use for the purpose of such...

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