Legal Opinion
Falana v. Kent State University
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 23, 2012No. 2011-1198PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINN, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Olusegun Falana (“Falana”) filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio against Kent State University (“Kent State”) and the inventors listed on the face of U.S. Patent No. 6,830,789 (“the '789 Patent”) seeking correction of inventorship under 35 U.S.C. § 256. Falana alleged that he was an omitted co-inventor of the '789 Patent. Following a bench trial, the district court agreed with Falana and ordered the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) to issue a certificate of correction adding Falana as a named inventor on the…
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