Legal Opinion
In Re John Kollar
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 11, 2002No. 01-1640PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
John Kollar appeals from the final decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences holding the claims in Kollar’s Patent Application No. 08/657,564 to be unpatentable under the on-sale bar of 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). In re Kollar, No. 96-C-7375 (Bd. Pat.App. & Inter. July 25, 2001) (“Kollar III”). Because the Board erred in determining that the process claimed in the '564 application was on sale within the meaning of § 102(b), we vacate and remand.
BACKGROUND
The '564 application, filed on December 5,1995, is directed…
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