Chemi S.P.A. v. Kappos, No. 10-1514 (Fed. Cir. June 8, 2011)

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit CHEMI S.P.A, LORENZO DE FERRA, AND PIETRO

MASSARDO,

Appellants,

v.

DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES

PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,

Appellee,

and

FIDIA FARMACEUTICI S.P.A.,

Appellee.

2010-1514

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Reexamination No. 95/000, 138.

JUDGMENT

ROBERT S. SILVER, Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, LTD, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for

2appellants. With him on the brief was JOSEPH F. MURPHY.

RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, Virginia, for appellee. With him on the brief were ROBERT J. MCMANUS and NATHAN K. KELLY, Associate Solicitors.

EUGENE T. C. PEREZ, Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP, of Falls Church, Virginia, argued for appellee Fidia Farmaceutici S.P.A. With him on the brief was MARYANNE ARMSTRONG.

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: