FREEMAN v. MINNESOTA MIN. AND MFG. CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 84-577 CMW, 85-46 CMW.

661 F.Supp. 886 (1987)

Dr. Jerre M. FREEMAN, Plaintiff, v. MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant. Dr. Jerre M. FREEMAN, Plaintiff, v. COOPERVISION, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

April 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Bove, and Collins J. Seitz, Jr., of Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff; Bradford E. Kile, Washington, D.C. and James E. Cockfield, of Lahive & Cockfield, Boston, Mass., of counsel.

Charles S. Crompton, Jr., and David B. Brown, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., for defendant in C.A. 84-577; Walter N. Kirn, Patent Counsel for 3/M in St. Paul, Minnesota, and John Gould, of Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt, Minneapolis, Minn., of counsel.

Donald F. Parsons, Jr., of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., for defendant, in C.A. 85-46; Thomas R. Boland, Esquire and Ellen A. Efros, of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Washington, D.C., of counsel.


OPINION

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.

In these partially consolidated patent cases, plaintiff Dr. Jerre Freeman moves this Court to enjoin the defendants Coopervision and Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing ("3M") from seeking reexamination of the patent at issue by the Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") until the litigation in this Court has been terminated.

Plaintiff filed these actions against 3M and Coopervision on October 5, 1984...

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