STANDARD OIL COMPANY (INDIANA)
v.
MONTEDISON, S.p.A., a corporation of Italy, Phillips Petroleum Company, a corporation of Delaware, and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, a corporation of Delaware.
Appeal of STANDARD OIL COMPANY (INDIANA).
Appeal of E. I. du PONT de NEMOURS AND COMPANY.
Appeal of MONTEDISON, S.p.A.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 23, 1981.
Decided October 14, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John T. Kelton, Maxim H. Waldbaum, Darby & Darby, P.C., Thomas V. Heyman (argued), Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, William G. Todd, Watson, Leavenworth, Kelton & Taggart, New York City, for appellant Standard Oil Co.; George S. Spindler, Ralph C. Medhurst, Wallace L. Oliver, Chicago, Ill., Robert H. Richards, III, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., Thomas F. Reddy, Jr., Gerald J. Flintoft, Stanton T. Lawrence, III, Pennie & Edmonds, New York City, Arthur G. Gilkes, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.
Earl L. Handley (argued), Legal Dept., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Del., for appellant du Pont; Roger A. Hines, Francis A. Paintin, Legal Dept., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Del., of counsel.
George B. Finnegan, Jr. (argued), Jerome G. Lee, Alfred P. Ewert, David H. Pfeffer, Stephen R. Smith, Richard C. Komson, Morgan, Finnegan, Pine, Foley & Lee, New York City, Edward S. Irons, Mary Helen Sears, Irons & Sears, Washington, D.C., Bernard M. Borish, Diane J. Sigmund, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant Montedison, S.p.A.
Harry J. Roper (argued), Sidney Neuman, Chicago, Ill., for appellee Phillips Petroleum Co.; Kenneth R. Adamo, George S. Bosy, Nicholas A. Poulos, Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson, Chicago, Ill., C. Waggaman Berl, Jr., Wilmington, Del., Donald J. Quigg, Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, Okl., of counsel.
Before HUNTER, SLOVITER, Circuit Judges and MEANOR, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
I.
BACKGROUND
At issue in this case is the priority of invention of crystalline polypropylene, a plastic with considerable commercial utility and value. Among other attributes, crystalline polypropylene has a significantly higher melting point, tensile strength and heat resistance than prior products in the field. The antagonists, each claiming priority of invention of crystalline polypropylene...
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