Legal Opinion
Hyatt v. Director, Patent and Trademark Office
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 23, 2008No. 2007-1050, 2007-1051, 2007-1052, 2007-1053PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
The Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) appeals a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in a consolidated case involving four civil actions brought by Gilbert P. Hyatt under 35 U.S.C. § 145 (2000). In his section 145 actions, Hyatt challenged decisions of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“Board”) that affirmed the rejections of all claims in twelve of his patent applications. The district court’s decision vacated the Board’s decisions and remanded Hyatt’s case to the Board for further consideration. The PTO raises two…
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