DOME PATENT L.P. v. LEE

No. 2014-1673.

799 F.3d 1372 (2015)

DOME PATENT L.P., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Michelle K. LEE, Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 3, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Dabney , Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, NY, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by Mitchell Epner , Stephen S. Rabinowitz.

Scott Weidenfeller , Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by Nathan K. Kelley , William Lamarca.

Before REYNA, SCHALL, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.


Dome owns a patent for making contact-lens material. On reexamination, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office found that the claimed method at issue was obvious and therefore unpatentable. The district court agreed with the Patent Office that the claimed method was unpatentable. On...

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