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VAS-CATH v. CURATORS OF UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

No. 06-1100.

473 F.3d 1376 (2007)

VAS-CATH, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CURATORS OF the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Don Walsworth, Cheryl D.S. Walker, Anne C. Ream, M. Sean McGinnis, Marion H. Cairns, Angela M. Bennett, Thomas E. Atkins, Vicki M. Eller, Mary L. James and Connie Hager Silverstein, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

January 23, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Belusko, Morrison & Foerster LLP, of Los Angeles, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief was J. Manena Bishop. Of Counsel was Nicole M. Smith.

Barbara C. McCurdy, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees. With her on the brief was Lara C. Kelley.

Before NEWMAN, LOURIE, and RADER, Circuit Judges.

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Vas-Cath, Inc. appeals the dismissal of its appeal of the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") in an interference proceeding between Vas-Cath and the University of Missouri.1 The appeal was dismissed by the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, on Eleventh Amendment grounds. We conclude that the Eleventh Amendment does not shield the University from appeal...

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