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GOEDDEL v. SUGANO

Nos. 2009-1156, 2009-1157.

617 F.3d 1350 (2010)

David V. GOEDDEL and Roberto Crea, Appellants, v. Haruo SUGANO, Masami Muramatsu, and Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 7, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Friebel , Jones Day , of New York, NY, argued for appellants. With him on the brief was Gregory A. Castanias , of Washington, DC. Of counsel on the brief were George M. Gould , William H. Epstein , and David E. De Lorenzi , Gibbons P.C., of Newark, NJ.

Noah A. Levine , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, of New York, NY, argued for appellees. With him on the brief were Nels T. Lippert and Jane M. Love , of New York, NY; Gregory H. Lantier and Arthur W. Coviello , of Washington, DC; and William W. Kim , of Palo Alto, CA.

Before NEWMAN, LOURIE, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This consolidated appeal is from two decisions of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("the Board") in two related patent interference priority contests between the party Haruo Sugano, Masami Muramatsu, and Tadatsugu Taniguchi (together "Sugano") and the party David V. Goeddel and Roberto Crea (together "Goeddel"). The Board held that Sugano is entitled to the benefit of the filing date...

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