Legal Opinion
Titanium Metals Corporation of America v. Donald W. Banner, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 7, 1985No. Appeal 85-1452PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an Order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in a civil action brought pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 145 against Donald W. Banner as Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks 1 authorizing the Commissioner to issue to appellee a patent containing claims 1, 2, and 3 of patent application serial No. 598,935 for “TITANIUM ALLOY.” The Commissioner has appealed. We reverse.
Background
The inventors, Loren C. Covington and Howard R. Palmer, employees of appellee to whom they have assigned their invention and the application thereon, filed an…
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