SHIELDS v. HALLIBURTON CO.

No. 80-3729.

667 F.2d 1232 (1982)

C. Nelson SHIELDS, Jr., Trustee, and Advance Engineering, Inc. (an indirect subsidiary of Baker International Corporation), Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HALLIBURTON COMPANY, Halliburton Services, Brown & Root, Inc. and Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Cockfield, Kenway & Jenney, Thomas V. Smurzynski, Boston, Mass., Mouton, Roy, Carmouche, Bivins & Hill, Harmon F. Roy, Lafayette, La., John H. Tregoning, James Robert Duzan, Duncan, Okl., for defendants-appellants.

Hubbard, Thurman, Turner, Tucker & Glaser, Robert W. Turner, John P. Pinkerton, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Chief Judge:

The defendants in this patent infringement suit appeal from the decision below upholding the validity of Bassett & Olsen reissue patent number RE 28,232 and finding infringement by the defendants. 493 F.Supp. 1376 (W.D.La.1980). We affirm.

The patent in issue pertains to a method of grouting the legs of offshore oil platforms. The history and details of the patent, including descriptive diagrams...

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