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SYKES v. DUDAS

Civil Action No. 06-829 (CKK).

573 F.Supp.2d 191 (2008)

Thomas D. SYKES, Plaintiff, v. Jon W. DUDAS, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Sykes, Lake Forest, IL, pro se.

Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Atty., Rhonda C. Fields, Asst. U.S. Atty., United States Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, Nathan K. Kelley, William LaMarca, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, of counsel, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.

In 1993, Plaintiff Thomas D. Sykes invented a computer mouse-pad that could be mounted on a user's thigh. After multiple patent applications and lengthy delays, the Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") granted Plaintiff a United States patent on November 8, 2005. The PTO also informed Plaintiff that he was entitled to certain adjustments lengthening his patent term (i.e., the length of time that Plaintiff...

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