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Tafas Files Petition for Rehearing in Tafas v. Doll

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier today, counsel for Dr. Triantafyllos Tafas filed a petition for a panel rehearing or rehearing en banc of the decision issued by the Federal Circuit in Tafas v. Doll. In that decision, issued on March 20, a split panel determined that Rules 75, 78, 114, and 265 are procedural, but that Rule 78 is inconsistent with 35 U.S.C. § 120 (see Patent Docs report). Dr. Tafas' request for rehearing or rehearing en banc is based on the grounds that the panel majority: (1) misapplied significant binding Supreme Court and Federal Circuit precedent concerning the correct...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).