Futures Technology, Ltd. v. Quigg

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HILTON, District Judge.

This action was instituted by plaintiff to set aside the Final Agency Decision of the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks. The case is now before the court on the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment. As equitable considerations are involved, the facts of the case merit recitation here.

A patent application was filed in the Patent and Trademark Office on June 10,1982, relating to an invention entitled the “Portable Energy Cost Calculator.” The inventor named on that application assigned the invention to Enertronics Research, Inc.…