Legal Opinion
Hyatt v. United States Patent & Trademark Office
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 20, 2015No. 2014-1596PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Gilbert P. Hyatt appeals from the district court’s decision that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over his Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) claims against the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) and its acting Director under 5 U.S.C. § 701(a)(2) and, alternatively, that the PTO would have been entitled to summary judgment for these claims. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the district court’s alternative holding that the PTO would have been entitled to summary judgment.
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