Legal Opinion
Peter J. Degeorge v. Donald R. Bernier
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 19, 1985No. Appeal 84-1281PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a decision of the Board of Patent Interferences (board) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) awarding priority of counts 1 through 13 to junior-party Bernier. We reverse in part and vacate in part.
Background
The senior-party appellants are Peter J. DeGeorge, Roger F. Ross, and Donald E. Sims (DeGeorge); the real party in interest is International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). The junior-party appellee is Donald R. Bernier (Bernier); the real party in interest is Itel Corporation (Itel).
The DeGeorge Application, Serial No.…
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