LACOTTE v. THOMAS

Appeal No. 84-1693.

758 F.2d 611 (1985)

Jean P. LACOTTE, and Claude Puech, Appellants, v. Harold T. THOMAS, and Dennis S. Howe, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Longacre and William T. Bullinger, Cushman, Darby & Cushman, Washington, D.C., submitted for appellants.

J. Jeffrey Hawley, John D. Husser, Dana M. Schmidt, James A. Smith and Ogden H. Webster, Rochester, N.Y., submitted for appellees.

Before FRIEDMAN, RICH, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


RICH, Circuit Judge.

Jean P. Lacotte and Claude Puech (Lacotte) appeal from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Interferences (board) in Interference No. 100,867, awarding priority to the junior party, Harold T. Thomas and Dennis J. Howe (Thomas). We affirm.

Background

The application of senior party Lacotte, filed November 26, 1979, and assigned to Thomas Brandt, a French corporation, was accorded...

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