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IRONS & SEARS v. DANN

No. 78-1200.

606 F.2d 1215 (1979)

IRONS AND SEARS, Appellant, v. C. Marshall DANN.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1979.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Stern, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Edward S. Irons, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant.

Thomas G. Corcoran, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, and John A. Terry, Peter E. George, and Ann S. DuRoss, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, and ROBINSON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Chief Judge:

Appellant seeks access under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)1 to all decisions of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) disposing of requests by wouldbe patentees for a filing date earlier than the one initially assigned to their applications. The agency granted access to a limited portion of these decisions and declared that the rest...

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