DOW CO. v. HALLIBURTON CO.

No. 50.

324 U.S. 320 (1945)

DOW CHEMICAL CO. v. HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Bernard A. Schroeder and Charles J. Merriam, with whom Messrs. Russell Wiles, Wilber Owen, Calvin A. Campbell and Don L. Conner were on the brief, for the Dow Chemical Co.

Mr. Leonard S. Lyon, with whom Messrs. Frederick S. Lyon and Earl Babcock were on the brief, for the Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co.


MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

In issue here is the validity of United States Patent No. 1,877,504, relating to "the treatment of deep wells, such as oil, gas, brine or water wells, to increase the output therefrom," issued to John J. Grebe and Ross T. Sanford on September 12, 1932.

Petitioner, the owner of the patent, brought this suit against respondent for alleged infringement. Both the District Court for the Eastern District of...

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