Legal Opinion
Rydeen v. Quigg
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 18, 1990No. Civ. A. 88-1786PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Plaintiff Robert J. Rydeen brings this action seeking review of a final decision of the defendant, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, refusing to accept late payment of a maintenance fee required to maintain plaintiff’s patent in force. Defendant denied plaintiff’s request for a waiver, finding that plaintiff’s delay in’ paying the maintenance fee was not “unavoidable.” 35 U.S.C. § 41(c)(1). Plaintiff also challenges the Commissioner’s “no-timely-notice” interpretation of the statute in which the Commissioner declared that…
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