Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. v. Dukas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 07-1504 (ESH) ) JOHN J. DOLL, Acting Director, ) United States Patent and Trademark Office, ) ) Defendant. ) __________________________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Hitachi Koki USA, Ltd. (“Hitachi”) seeks review under

35 U.S.C. § 145

of the denial by the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“Board”) of Hitachi’s application for a patent for its desktop cutting…