STANDARD OIL CO. v. AMERICAN CYANAMID CO.

Appeal Nos. 84-1519, 84-1552.

774 F.2d 448 (1985)

The STANDARD OIL COMPANY, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eben G. Crawford, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, Ohio, argued for appellant/cross-appellee. With him on brief was Daniel R. Cherry, Cleveland, Ohio; Gary R. Plotecher, Standard Oil Co., Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel.

Jamie S. Smith, Allegretti, Newitt, Witcoff & McAndrews, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., argued for appellee/cross-appellant. With her on brief were Jon O. Nelson, Stephen F. Sherry and D. Dennis Allegretti, Chicago, Ill.; Gordon L. Hart, American Cyanamid Co., Stamford, Conn., of counsel.

Before RICH and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge.


RICH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the final judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, entered on May 31, 19841 dismissing the complaint and based on the holding that U.S. Reissue Patent No. 28,525, entitled "Process for Hydrolyzing Nitriles," assigned to plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee The Standard Oil Co. (Sohio) by the inventors, Janice L. Greene and Murrel Godfrey, is invalid and,...

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