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· 10/6/1989

Hewlett-Packard Company, Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

Citations

  • 882 F.2d 1556

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  • concluding that reissue was not permitted where a patentee failed to provide an adequate “explanation of what his error was and how and why it occurred” (emphasis omitted)
  • concluding that reissue was not permitted where a patentee failed to provide an adequate “explanation of what his error was and how and why it occurred” (emphasis omitted)
  • emphasizing that the fact that a patent is “defective” does not “give[ ] rise to an inference of ‘oversight’ ”
  • emphasizing that the fact that a patent is “defec- tive” does not “give[] rise to an inference of ‘oversight’’’
  • stating that “the proof of gross negligence may be circumstantial evidence which gives rise to an inference of intent to mislead in some instances”
  • emphasizing that a party seeking reissue must establish “inadver- tent error in conduct”

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Judges: Nies, Bissell, Baldwin

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