Legal Opinion
Goeddel v. Sugano
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 7, 2010No. 2009-1156, 2009-1157PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This consolidated appeal is from two decisions of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“the Board”) in two related patent interference priority contests between the party Haruo Sugano, Masami Muramatsu, and Tadatsugu Taniguchi (together “Sugano”) and the party David V. Goeddel and Roberto Crea (together “Goeddel”). The Board held that Sugano is entitled to the benefit of the filing date of its initial Japanese application, and awarded Sugano priority as to the counts of both interferences. 1 On appellate review,…
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