Legal Opinion
Dome Patent, L.P. v. Rea
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 1, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2007-1695PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, United States District Judge
Dome Patent L.P. owns United States Patent No. 4,306,042 (the “Neefe Patent”), which was issued on December 15, 1981. The Neefe Patent is entitled “Method of Making a Contact Lens Material With Increased Oxygen Permeability,” and it is based on an application filed by Russell A. Neefe. See JTX-1. In 2007, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTO”) found that claim 1 of the Neefe Patent should be cancelled as obvious in light of the prior art. Dome timely filed a civil complaint under…
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