United States Sixth Circuit
E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. v. OKULEY, 01-3074
The district court lacked jurisdiction to review the inventorship of an unissued patent, and summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed in an action seeking a declaratory judgment that it owned a gene discovery, and for specific enforcement of a molecular biologist's agreement to cooperate.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/17/2003
- Published 09/17/2003
Judges
- Before: BOGGS and COLE, Circuit Judges; and BELL, Chief District Judge.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- C. Craig Woods (argued and briefed), Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Columbus, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Jerry K. Mueller, Jr. (briefed), Mueller & Smith, Columbus, OH, Edward A. Matto (argued and briefed), Bricker & Eckler, Columbus, OH, for Defendant-Appellant.