· 11/14/1977
Mendenhall Enterprises, Inc. v. Currier
Citations
- 564 F.2d 1239
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding common ownership requirement set forth in 37 § C.F.R. 1.321 to be valid, reasoning that it is “desirable to tie both the termination and the ownership of the two patents together”
- “Precedents are of value for what they decide, not for every sentence they contain.”
- upholding the PTO’s non-alienation requirement
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Judges: Grant, Wallace, Wright
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