United States Federal Circuit

Patent for gasoline reformulation for gas "having a boiling point range of 121--345-F", applies to gas that has a "final" boiling point of 345 degrees, even if the patent notes imperfections in the refining process will occasionally produce gas with higher boiling points.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/08/2002
• Published 01/09/2002

Judges

• PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before NEWMAN, MICHEL, and RADER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Arthur R. Miller, of Cambridge, MA, for Talbert Fuel Systems Patents Co.   Of counsel on the brief were Melvyn I. Weiss and Christian Siebott, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, of New York, NY;  Ronald L. Engel, of Chicago, IL;  and William E. Johnson, Law Offices of William E. Johnson, of Los Angeles, CA.   Of counsel was Deborah M. Sturman, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP.


• For Appellees:
  
• David W. Beehler, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, of Minneapolis, Minnesota L.L.P., of Minneapolis, MN for defendants-appellees.   With him on the brief was Diane L. Simerson.   Of counsel on the brief was Richard G. Taranto, Farr & Taranto, of Washington, DC.   Of counsel was Tracy A. Sykes, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi., James F. Lesniak, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, of Newport Beach, CA, for defendant-appellee Tosco Corporation.   With him on the brief were Craig S. Summers, John P. Giezentanner, and William R. Zimmerman.