Legal Opinion
F. Brantley Scott and John H. Burton v. Roy P. Finney
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 14, 1994No. 94-1090PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences awarded priority in Interference No. 102,429 to the senior party, Dr. Roy P. Fin-ney. The Board held that the junior party, Dr. F. Brantley Scott and John H. Burton, did not show a reduction to practice before Dr. Finney’s date of invention. Because the Board imposed an overly strict requirement for testing to show reduction to practice, this court reverses and remands.
BACKGROUND
This interference involves Dr. Finney’s United States Patent No. 4,791,917, which was accorded the benefit of its May 15, 1980 parent application, and…
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