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GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. WILKINS

No. 2013-1170.

750 F.3d 1324 (2014)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY and Ge Wind Energy, LLC, Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants-Appellees, v. Thomas WILKINS, Defendant/Counterclaimant-Appellant, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc., Counterclaimants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 8, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Lee , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, of Boston, MA, argued for plaintiffs/counterclaim defendants-appellees. With him on the brief were Richard W. O'Neill , Elizabeth M. Reilly , Louis W. Tompros , and Andrew J. Danford. Of counsel was Alexandra Cotter Boudreau.

Donald R. Dunner , Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant/counterclaimant-appellant. With him on the brief were Thomas H. Jenkins , Thomas W. Winland , Jeffrey C. Totten , and TYler M. Akagi. Of counsel on the brief was Roger D. Taylor , of Atlanta, GA.

Before LOURIE, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.

LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Thomas A. Wilkins ("Wilkins") appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California entering declaratory judgment in favor of General Electric Company and GE Wind Energy, LLC (collectively "GE") that Wilkins is not a coinventor of GE's U.S. Patent 6,921,985 (the "'985 patent") pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 256. See Gen. Electric Co. v. Wilkins, No. 10-0674, 2012 WL 5989349 (E.D.Cal. Nov. 29...

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