Legal Opinion
Ralph D. Ray v. Bruce Lehman, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 17, 1995No. 94-1236PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Circuit Judge.
Ralph D. Ray (Ray) appeals the January 25, 1994 decision of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granting the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment affirming the PTO’s denial of Ray’s petition to reinstate his patent for failure to pay a maintenance fee. We affirm.
I. Background
Ray, with the assistance of a patent agent, Tom Sherrard (Sherrard), filed a patent application on July 8,1983 which issued as U.S. Patent No. 4,466,797 (’797 patent) on August 21, 1984. Upon issuance of the ’797 patent, in section 1A of…
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