United States Federal Circuit

In patent interference proceedings related to an apparatus for catalyzing a reaction on a substrate, judgment against appellant for failure to make a prima facie showing of priority is affirmed over challenges to the U.S. PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences' ruling on sufficiency and definition of "new evidence."

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/05/2007
• Published 12/05/2007

Judges

• MOORE, Circuit Judge., Before RADER, SCHALL and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anthony A. Tomaselli, Quarles & Brady LLP, of Madison, Wisconsin, argued for appellant.   With him on the brief were Kristin Graham Noel, and Nicholas J. Seay.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas L. Stoll, Associate Solicitor, Solicitor's Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, Virginia, argued for appellee.   With him on the brief were Stephen Walsh, Acting Solicitor, and Robert J. McManus, Associate Solicitor.