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Federal Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc Of Earlier Patent Ruling

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 17 vacated a panel decision from 2009 involving evidence standards for cases brought under 35 U.S. Code Section 145, which allows applicants dissatisfied with a Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences decision to sue before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia as an alternative to a direct appeal to the Federal Circuit (Gilbert P. Hyatt v. David Kappos Director, Patent and Trademark Office, No. 2007-1066, Fed. Cir.). Full story on lexis.com

Filed by admin at March 9th, 2010 under News