Legal Opinion
Jean P. Lacotte, and Claude Puech v. Harold T. Thomas, and Dennis S. Howe
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 29, 1985No. Appeal 84-1693PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Circuit Judge.
Jean P. Lacotte and Claude Puech (Lacotte) appeal from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Interferences (board) in Interference No. 100,867, awarding priority to the junior party, Harold T. Thomas and Dennis J. Howe (Thomas). We affirm.
Background
The application of senior party Lacotte, filed November 26, 1979, and assigned to Thomas Brandt, a French corporation, was accorded the benefit of its French application filing date of May 7, 1975 under 35 U.S.C. § 119. The application of junior party Thomas has an effective filing…
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