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walls of the container. As designed, it constitutes a liquid
impervious liner useful in the transportation of raw animal skins.
Mr. Podd filed a patent application for the hideliner with the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on August 1, 1978. On February 5,
1980, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued United States
Patent No. 4,186,845 (the '845 patent) covering the hideliner
invention.
On May 21, 1980, Mr. Podd licensed to Powertex the exclusive
right to manufacture, market, and sell the hideliner. The terms of
the agreement granted Powertex an exclusive 6-year license in
exchange for royalties of 5 percent during the initial six-year term
of the license and 7 � percent during any extensions of the license.
The license agreement was renewed on November 30, 1985, for an
additional 6-year term.
C. The Sea Bulk Liner
On October 26, 1970, and February 9, 1972, Bert A. Bodenheimer,
an employee of Sea-Land, filed patent applications for what would
eventually come to be known as the Sea Bulk container liner system.
United States patent numbers 3,696,952 and 3,868,042 (collectively,
the Sea Bulk patents) were issued on October 10, 1972, and February
25, 1975, respectively, as a result of these applications. These
patents were subsequently assigned to Sea-Land by Mr. Bodenheimer.
The Sea Bulk liner system was designed for use in shipping products
in dry bulk form and also protects products against contamination
and seepage during transport.
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