HOECHST CELANESE CORP. v. BP CHEMICALS LTD.

No. 94-1472.

78 F.3d 1575 (1996)

HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BP CHEMICALS LIMITED and Sterling Chemicals, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Lynch, Arnold, White & Durkee, Houston, Texas, argued for plaintiff-appellee. With him on the brief were Michael Macklin, Melinda L. Patterson, Richard L. Stanley and Russell L. Sandidge. Also on the brief were Kenneth A. Genoni, Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Somerville, New Jersey, and Michael W. Ferrell, Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Summit, New Jersey. Of counsel were Stephen D. Dellett and Stephen E. Edwards.

Clyde F. Willian, Willian Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Chicago, Illinois, argued for defendants-appellants. With him on the brief were Jack C. Beringweig, Cynthia A. Homan, Richard A. Kaplan and Dominic P. Zanfardino. Also on the brief were Harold Haidt and G.T. Delahunty, Brooks Haidt Haffner & Delahunty, New York City, and Robins C. Gibbs and John Christopher Reynolds, Gibbs & Bruns, L.L.P., Houston, Texas.

Before PAULINE NEWMAN, CLEVENGER, and RADER, Circuit Judges.


PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

BP Chemicals Limited and Sterling Chemicals, Inc. (together "BP") appeal the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas,1 entered on the jury verdict that BP had infringed, willfully, United States Patent No. 4,615,806 (the '806 patent) owned by Hoechst Celanese Corporation (herein "Celanese"). On re-determination of the issues of claim interpretation, as mandated by ...

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