Legal Opinion
Loughlin v. Ling
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 11, 2012No. 2011-1432PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Robert Loughlin and John Loughlin (together, “Loughlin”) appeal from the judgment of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (the “Board”) canceling claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,434,426 (the “'426 patent”) pursuant to their request for adverse judgment in light of the Board’s decision on the relationship between 35 U.S.C. § 135(b)(2) and 35 U.S.C. § 120. Because we agree with the Board that the interfering claims of Renny Tse-Haw Ling and Chun-Sheng Wu (together, “Ling”) are not barred by 35 U.S.C. § 135(b)(2), and hence that the Board correctly canceled claim 1, we…
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