Beriont v. GTE Laboratories, No. 14-1424 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 4, 2015)

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Walter J. Beriont (“Beriont”) appeals from the dec i- sion of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granting summary judgment that GTE Laboratories, Inc., GTE Service Corporation, and GTE Communications Corporation (collectively, “GTE”) have at all times been a joint owner of U.S. Patent 5,920,802 (the “’802 patent”). See Beriont v. GTE Labs., Inc. , No. 00-11145-RGS, 2014 WL 585651 (D. Mass. Feb. 14, 2014). Because Beriont failed to prove misjoinder of the ’802 patent by clear and convincing evidence, we affirm.