Wisconsin Foundation Research Foundation v. Vitamin Technologists, Inc.

The suit involves the validity and infringement of three patents issued to Dr. Harry Steenbock of the University of Wisconsin, who transferred his interest in them to the plaintiff, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation of Madison, Wisconsin, a nonprofit affair, Which was organized in 1925 for the purpose of promoting scientific research at the University in assisting in the development of inventions and discoveries made by the faculty and students of the University. The defendant Vitamin Technologists is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of California, and the defendant H. F. B. Roessler is a director and officer of the defendant corporation.

The first patent, No. 1,680,818, entitled “Antirachitic Product & Process,” was issued August 14, 1928, on an application of Harry Steenbock on June 30, 1924. The second patent, No. 1,871,136, entitled “Antirachitic Product Essence and Process”, was issued August 9, 1932, upon an application of Harry Steenbock, filed December 27, 1926, and is stated therein to be a continuation in part of the first patent, and the third patent, No, 2,057,399, entitled “Antirachitic Product and Process,” was issued October 13, 1936, on…