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PEI-HERNG HOR v. CHING-WU CHU

No. 2011-1540.

699 F.3d 1331 (2012)

PEI-HERNG HOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Ruling Meng, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHING-WU "Paul" CHU, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

November 14, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe W. Beverly , Dow Golub Remels & Beverly, LLP, of Houston, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant Pei-Herng Hor. Of counsel on the brief was William P. Jensen , Crain Caton & James, of Houston, TX.

Brent C. Perry , Law Office of Brent C. Perry, of Houston, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant, Ruling Meng. Of counsel on the brief was Gordon G. Waggett , Gordon G. Waggett, P.C., of Houston, TX.

Lester L. Hewitt , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, of Houston, TX, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief was Rehan M. Safiullah .

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge PROST. Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge REYNA.

PROST, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Pei-Herng Hor ("Hor") and Ruling Meng ("Meng") filed this suit against Appellee Ching-Wu Chu ("Chu") under 35 U.S.C. § 256 for correction of inventorship of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,056,866 ("'866 patent") and 7,709,418 ("'418 patent"). The district court granted Chu's motion for summary judgment, finding that Hor's and Meng's claims were barred by laches or, alternatively, by equitable estoppel. For the reasons set forth below, we...

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