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MONSANTO CO. v. MYCOGEN PLANT SCIENCE, INC.

No. Civ.A. 96-133-RRM.

61 F.Supp.2d 133 (1999)

MONSANTO COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. MYCOGEN PLANT SCIENCE, INC., Agrigenetics, Inc., and Novartis Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 18, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Horwitz, and Joanne Ceballos, Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Delaware; John F. Lynch, Craig M. Lundell, Melinda L. Patterson, and Susan K. Knoll, Arnold, White & Durkee, Houston, Texas, for plaintiff Monsanto Company.

Josy W. Ingersoll, and Richard H. Morse, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Delaware, Daniel J. Thomasch, Richard W. Mark, Craig R. Kaufman, Ryan D. Poliakoff, Orrick, Herrington & Sutclifffe LLP, New York City, Douglas E. Olson, F.T. Alexandra Mahaney, and Jeffrey W. Guise, Lyon & Lyon, La Jolla, California, Gerald Sobel, and Joel Katcoff, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, LLP, New York City, for defendants Mycogen Plant Science, Inc. and Agrigenetics, Inc.

Paul M. Lukoff, Prickett, Jones, Elliott & Kristol, Wilmington, Delaware, Dimitrios T. Drivas, John S. Willems, Jeffrey Oelke, and Leslie Morioka, White & Case LLP, New York City, for defendant Novartis Corporation.

OPINION

McKELVIE, District Judge.

This is a patent case. Plaintiff Monsanto Company owns U.S. Patent No. 5,500,365 ("the '365 patent") which is directed to a modified bacterial gene inserted into plants to make plants insect-resistant. The inventors are David A. Fischhoff and Frederick J. Perlak. In a complaint filed in March 1996, Monsanto contends Mycogen Plant Science, Inc., Agrigenetics, Inc. and Novartis Corporation infringe the '365 patent. Defendants...

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