Opinion

U. S. Department of Energy v. White

  • 653 F.2d 479
  • 210 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 425
  • 1981 CCPA LEXIS 197
Court
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Filed
Jun 30, 1981
Status
Published
Author
Markey
On the bench
Markey, Rich
Cited by
4 cases

characterizing exclusion as a “draconian remedy,” the damage of which in that case “outweigh[ed] any possible harm of supposedly tainted evidence”

How later courts described this case

  • characterizing exclusion as a “draconian remedy,” the damage of which in that case “outweigh[ed] any possible harm of supposedly tainted evidence”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

MARKEY, Chief Judge,

concurring.

I join in the opinion portions relating to conception and reduction and to Motions IY and V. I cannot join in what I view as dicta concerning congressional intent. I concur in the result reached in the opinion portion under ti e Utility Issue because I consider the invention here as clearly “useful in, etc.” and entirely distinct from that in Piper. As the majority opinion recognizes, each case must be decided on its own facts, and that fact is enough for me.

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