District Court, S.D. Ohio October 19, 2000, C2-00-650 (Crane Plastics Co. v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.)

OPINION AND ORDER

KEMP, United States Magistrate Judge.

• This case was filed by two plaintiffs, Crane Plastics Company and TimberTech Limited, seeking a declaration that a decking product which they manufacture and sell does not infringe a patent owned by defendant, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation. That patent, which was issued in 1993 and which is designated as Patent No.