BURLINGTON INDUS., INC. v. QUIGG

No. 86-1423.

822 F.2d 1581 (1987)

BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC., John D. Neefus, and Frederick M. Shofner, Appellees, v. Donald J. QUIGG, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Dewhirst, Associate Sol., Office of the Solicitor, Arlington, Va., for appellant. With him on brief were Joseph F. Nakamura, Sol. and Fred E. McKelvey, Deputy Sol.

Robert A. Vanderhye, Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C., Arlington, Va., for appellee.

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.


PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal by the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks from the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in an action brought under 35 U.S.C. § 145, we affirm the district court's decision authorizing the Commissioner to issue claims 1 through 15 of the patent application before it. Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Quigg, 229 USPQ 916 (D.D.C.1986).

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