Western Electric Company, Incorporated v. Piezo Technology, Inc. v. Donald Quigg, Assistant Secretary and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks

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• inequitable conduct before Patent Office involves failure to disclose information which would have influenced decision of reasonable patent examiner
• trial court erred in interpreting a Supreme Court case which permitted the Secretary of Agriculture to be deposed; ordering the deposition of a patent examiner was an abuse of discretion

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