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PUTMAN v. DUDAS

Civil Action No. 05-1796(LFO).

539 F.Supp.2d 414 (2008)

Harold PUTMAN, Plaintiff, v. Jonathan W. DUDAS, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph E. Jocke, Walker & Jocke, LPA, Medina, OH, for Plaintiff.

Kenneth L. Wainstein, R. Craig Lawrence, Benton G. Peterson, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Washington, DC, John M. Whealan, Heather F. Auyang, William LaMarca, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Arlington, VA, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM & OPINION

LOUIS F. OBERDORFER, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Harold Putman tried to patent an "automatic transaction machine," commonly known as an automatic teller machine or ATM, with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. When the patent examiner rejected all fifty-six claims in his application, Plaintiff appealed to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. The Board affirmed the patent examiner in part...

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