PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORP.

Civ. A. Nos. 83-143, 83-148, 83-547, 83-801 and 84-79 MMS.

604 F.Supp. 555 (1985)

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Shell Oil Company, Northern Petrochemical Company, and El Paso Products Company, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORP., Hercules Incorporated and Phillips Petroleum Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

March 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Waggaman Berl, Jr., Wilmington, Del. (Harry J. Roper, Sidney Neuman, George S. Bosy, Nicholas A. Poulos, and James P. Naughton, Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for Phillips Petroleum Co. and Shell Oil Co.

Charles S. Crompton, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del. (Francis T. Carr, and Kenneth E. Madsen, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York City, of counsel), for Northern Petrochemical Co., U.S. Steel Corp. and Hercules Inc.

Arthur G. Connolly, Jr., Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, Del. (Thomas F. Reddy, Jr., and Stanton T. Lawrence, III, Pennie & Edmonds, New York City, of counsel), for El Paso Products Co.


OPINION

MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.

The invention of solid crystalline polypropylene has given rise to protracted litigation spanning several decades. In this action, Phillips Petroleum Company ("Phillips"), awarded a product patent in March, 1983 for crystalline polypropylene, has filed a suit against United States Steel Corporation ("U.S.Steel") and Hercules Incorporated for patent infringement. Separate actions have been brought against Phillips...

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