Legal Opinion
Fleming v. Coward
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 12, 2013No. 2013-1091UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
Lloyd J. Fleming seeks review of a decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissing his complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) for lack of jurisdiction. Because the district court correctly found that Mr. Fleming has failed to exhaust his administrative remedies in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office prior to filing suit, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
On July 25, 2008, Mr. Fleming filed a patent application at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”). The application bore Serial No. 12/220,804 and was assigned to patent examiners, Arun C. Williams and…
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