Legal Opinion
Leslie C. Case v. Cpc International, Inc., and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Co-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 5, 1984No. Appeal 83-964PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from the judgment of the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, entered March 25,1983, upholding the award of priority to CPC International, Inc., (CPC) in an interference proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).
The action was brought in the district court under 35 U.S.C. § 146. Our jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(4)(C).
Appellant, Dr. Leslie C. Case, is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 3,510,471 and is the inventor named therein. Dr. Case asserts that an interference between his patent and CPC’s…
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