Polymers, Patents, Profits : A Classic Case Study for Patent Infighting


Heinz. Martin
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2007.
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1 online resource (296 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Polymers, Patents, Profits; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Aknowledgements; 1 The Invention; 1.1 First Observations 1950/1953; 1.1.1 Standard Oil of Indiana; 1.1.2 Phillips Petroleum Company; 1.1.3 Du Pont; 1.1.3.1 From the Beginning up to the Patent Application; 1.3.1.2 Only a Scant Experimental "Polypropylene"; 1.2 Max-Planck-Institute, Mülheim on the Ruhr; 1.2.1 K. Ziegler, H. Breil, E. Holzkamp and H. Martin; 1.2.2 Experiments between May and December, 1953; 1.2.2.1 Montecatini Points to the Contractual Rights and Obligations. - 1.2.3 Experiments from December 1953 through April 19541.2.4 Letter from Ziegler to his Patent Attorney von Kreisler; 1.3 Montecatini, Milano/G. Natta and Co-workers; 1.3.1 The First Experiments with Ziegler catalysts; 1.3.2 Natta, Orsoni and DeVarda's Visit to Ziegler at Mülheim on May 19, 1954; 1.4 K. Ziegler and Co-workers; 1.4.1 H. Martin: Experiments May-July 6, 1954; H. Breil: Masters Thesis; 1.4.2 H. Martin, July 1954: Polypropylene; 1.5 1952-1954 Polypropylene (Review); 1.5.1 Appraising the Historical Course of the Invention from a Year-2000 Vantage Point; References. - 2 The Chemical Industry Connection2.1 Farbwerke Hoechst; 2.2 Petrochemicals Limited; 2.3 Steinkohlenbergbauverein (Hard Coal Mining Society)/Bergwerksverband (Mine Association)/Ruhr Area Coal Industry; 2.4 The "Run" of Prospective US Licensees; 2.4.1 Hercules Powder Company; 2.4.2 Gulf Oil, Koppers, Dow, Union Carbide and Monsanto; 2.4.3 Esso, the Straggler; 2.4.4 Du Pont; 2.5 Mitsui Chemical, the First Japanese Licensee; 2.6 Summary; 2.7 Back to the Ruhr: Ruhrcoal and Bergwerksverband; 2.8 August through December 1954: Montecatini steps up its own Developments. - 2.9 The first Ziegler/Montecatini Pool-Agreements2.10 Polydiene; 2.10.1 Karl Ziegler and H. Martin/Max-Planck-Institute for Coal Research; S. E. Horne/Goodrich Gulf Chemicals Inc.; Giulio Natta and Co-Workers/Montecatini; D.R. Smith and R.P. Zelinski/Phillips Petroleum Co.; References; 3 Patent Rights Worldwide, Patent Applications: Prosecution, Oppositions, Priority Rights; 3.1 The Package of the First Six German Patent Applications; 3.2 Foreign Patent Protection for the Inventions of Ziegler and Co-Workers; 3.3 The Situation in the United States. - 3.4 Polypropylene: Ziegler/Natta, Conflict as to the Priority3.5 Contention Proceedings; 3.5.1 Montecatini; 3.5.2 Du Pont; 3.5.3 Compromise and Concessions; 3.5.4 Du Pont Sought Further Advantages; 3.6 The History of Patent Issuance from a Year-2000 Vantage Point; References; 4 Innovation, Market Development, Production; 4.1 The Market Situation; 4.2 The Rush for Licenses 1953-1972, Lucrative Second Half 1970-1990; 4.3 The Marketing of Ziegler Polyolefins; 4.4 Montecatini's Pool Polyolefin Licenses; 4.5 Research and Production; 4.6 Early "New", So-Called Independent Catalysts; 4.6.1 Case 1. - 4.6.2 Case 2. - This is the fascinating, first-hand story of the groundbreaking invention by Nobel prizewinner Karl Ziegler and the patent fights between his research team at the Max Planck Institute of Carbon Research in Germany and the ""giants"" of the petrochemicals industry, such as Du Pont and Esso. The author joined Ziegler's group throughout the entire period, providing an entertaining case study of an innovative chemical discovery, presenting interesting historical as well as scientific information.An impressive example of the fights between academia and industry concerning patent rights and the
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3527318097. - 9783527318094

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