Legal Opinion
Syntex (u.s.a.) Inc. v. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 15, 1989No. 88-1652PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc. appeals from the final order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc. v. Quigg [United States Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks], No. 88-0527-A, slip op. (E.D.Va. July 22, 1988) (Hilton, J.), dismissing Syntex’s complaint on jurisdictional grounds. Syntex brought suit against the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), alleging violation of its alleged rights as the requester of reexamination of another’s patent, and sought to compel the PTO either to revoke the Reexamination…
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