RICH, Circuit Judge, dissenting in part. I agree with the majority opinion except for that part of the “Fraud” section holding that failure by the applicant, Hagerty, to disclose his knowledge of the Kuhn post to the PTO was not sufficient evidence to support a holding of fraud. If it is true that his attorney was unaware of the Kuhn post, that is irrelevant. The responsibility rested on Hagerty to tell his a…
Read the full opinion (source) ↗
Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Citation figures are counts of later citing opinions in our corpus and may be incomplete; always read and Shepardize the full opinion before relying on it.