Legal Opinion
Monaco v. Hoffman
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 8, 1960No. Civil Action 2026-58PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
The question presented in this case is one of patent law, namely, whether in an interference proceeding, an applicant for a patent who made his invention in a foreign country, is entitled to prove and rely on a date of invention prior to the filing date of his first application.
This is an action under 35 U.S.C. § 146, to review a decision of the Board of Patent Interferences of the Patent Office, on the question of priority as to the right to a patent, for which both the individual plaintiff Ugo Monaco and the individual defendant Paul Hoffman had applied. The Board…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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