Legal Opinion
Oka v. Youssefyeh
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 15, 1988No. Appeal 87-1501PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
The Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (board), in Interference No. 101,111, awarded priority of invention to junior party Youssefyeh et al. over senior party Oka et al., who relied on their October 31, 1980 Japanese filing date under 35 U.S.C. § 119. We reverse.
Background
The sole generic count in the interference is directed to compounds possessing angiot-ensin converting enzyme inhibition activity, and is set forth as follows:
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wherein:
R and Rg are independently hydroxy or lower alkoxy;
Ri is hydrogen, lower alkyl or aryl…
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