Meng v. Chu, No. 14-1746 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 5, 2016)

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Appellants Pei -Herng Hor (“Hor”) and Ruling Meng (“Meng”) filed this suit against Appellee Ching -Wu Chu (“Chu”) under 35 U.S.C. § 256 for correction of inventor- ship of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,709,418 (“ ’418 patent”) and 7,056,866 (“ ’866 patent”). Following an eight -day bench trial, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied both parties ’ claims. For reasons discussed below, we affirm. BACKGROUND A The circumstances giving rise to this appeal are summarized in the district court ’s decisions, Hor v. Chu , No.