Legal Opinion
Hyatt v. Dudas
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 28, 2007No. 2006-1171PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Chief Judge.
The Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) appeals an order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in a civil action filed by Gilbert P. Hyatt against Jon W. Dudas, Director of the PTO, under 35 U.S.C. § 145. See Hyatt v. Dudas, 393 F.Supp.2d 1 (D.C.Cir.2005). For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
Hyatt has filed numerous patent applications and continuation applications since the 1970s. Five of these are at issue in this case, all continuation applications with lineages that can be traced back for decades. All five share…
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