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JOHNSON & JOHNSON v. W. L. GORE & ASSOC., INC.

Civ. A. No. 4334.

436 F.Supp. 704 (1977)

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

July 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don K. Harness, John A. Blair, and Robert L. Boynton, of Harness, Dickey & Pierce, Birmingham, Mich., for plaintiff; Thomas S. Lodge, of Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Wilmington, Del., of counsel.

Marcus B. Finnegan, Brian G. Brunsvold, and Bruce C. Zotter, of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow & Garrett, Washington, D.C., E. A. Uebler, of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, Del., for defendant; C. Walter Mortenson, Wilmington, Del., of counsel.

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff, Johnson & Johnson ("J & J") has brought an action against W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ("Gore"), charging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 3,002,770 covering a "Threaded Joint with Lubricating and Sealing Ribbon Interposed Between the Threads". In its answer, defendant denies infringement, and asserts three grounds of invalidity with respect to the patent in suit: lack of inventorship under § 102...

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