MISANI v. ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.


83 N.J. Super. 1 (1964)

198 A.2d 791

FERNANDA MISANI, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORP., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 11, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miss Fernanda Misani, appellant, argued the cause pro se.

Mr. Alfred I. Manson, Jr. argued the cause for respondents other than Johnson & Johnson and Robert W. Johnson (Messrs. Pitney, Hardin & Kipp, attorneys).

Mr. Stanley C. Smoyer argued the cause for respondents Johnson & Johnson and Robert W. Johnson.

Before Judges CONFORD, FREUND and SULLIVAN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CONFORD, S.J.A.D.

Plaintiff, formerly employed by defendant Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. as a research chemist, brought this action for damages by reason of Ortho's designation of a different person as "inventor" in its application for a patent which eventually was issued to it on a pharmaceutical compound, the idea, manufacturing process and novel use of which were allegedly discovered by plaintiff. The gravamen of the suit...

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