Legal Opinion
In Re Burton D. Morgan
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 17, 1993No. 92-1278PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Burton D. Morgan appeals the November 19, 1991 decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, Appeal No. 91-1882, affirming the rejection of an application for reissue of U.S. Patent 3,900,645, which expired on August 19, 1992. Because we conclude that the Commissioner has no authority to reissue this patent, we dismiss the appeal as moot.
BACKGROUND
The ’645 patent, which relates to a “Scored Adhesive Laminate,” issued to Morgan on August 19, 1975. Morgan has attempted to reissue the ’645 patent four different times. 1 He filed his…
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- Morgan Adhesives Co. v. Chemtrol Adhesives, Inc.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1983
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