Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 6, 2001.
DYK, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question of whether, when challenging the validity of a patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(g), a prior inventor must have known that he was an inventor. We conclude that such a state of mind is not required. Accordingly, we agree that the invention covered by the contested claims of U.S. Patent Nos. B1 4,640,933 (the " '933 patent"), 4,694,027 (the " '027 patent...
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